Alaskan Tundra Animals And Plants

The bearberry is a low growing plant with leathery leaves and silky hairs that provide protection from the cold and wind of Barrow Alaska.

Alaskan tundra animals and plants. Create food chains for the ocean and the tundra. Lemmings musk oxen arctic foxes and wolves. One of the dominant plants that covers the tundra is Labrador tea.

Dwarf Dogwood Labrador Tea Caribou Moss Diamond Leaf Willow Bearberry Lichens Arctic Mossand Bearberry. Eaten by migrating animals like birds Arctic Hare Arctic Fox Abiotic Plants Coat grows longer and thicker for winter multi-layer coat Biotic Form pesticide to keep insects away Grows 15 cm tall Endangered Organisms Of the Tundra Adaptations for Biotic Factors Wide. Some animals found on the Alaskan tundra include caribou arctic fox arctic hare arctic ground squirrel and arctic grizzly bear.

Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm. The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food. This conserves nutrients and helps protect the plant from cold windscour and desiccation.

This may be a teacher-directed or independent activity depending on grade level. This helps it stay warm during the cold days of the tundra. Those living in the icy water have blubber a thick layer of fat under the skin.

The Tundras Animals and Plants. Although all of these are common we are going to focus on only four of these. Animals and Plants in the tundra.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game. There are surprisingly many varieties of plants that live in Alaska along with the tundra biome. Lemmings voles caribou arctic hares and squirrels are examples of tundra herbivores at the bottom of the food web.