Global map of tundra biome (in yellow)
Abiotic factors and distinctive features
Climate:
-Average annual temperatures are -58 degrees Fahrenheit
-Essentially an empty wasteland with limited vegetation but lots of rocks
-Temperatures never get up high enough for the snow to completely melt
Rainfall: Less than 30 inches annually
Location: Northern Hemisphere
-North of Canada
-Alaska
-Northern parts of Russia
Growing Season: lasts only 50-60 days in the summertime
-Average annual temperatures are -58 degrees Fahrenheit
-Essentially an empty wasteland with limited vegetation but lots of rocks
-Temperatures never get up high enough for the snow to completely melt
Rainfall: Less than 30 inches annually
Location: Northern Hemisphere
-North of Canada
-Alaska
-Northern parts of Russia
Growing Season: lasts only 50-60 days in the summertime
Specific location: Alaska, US
Tall plant: Diamond leaf willow
![Picture](/uploads/5/2/6/0/52607007/616580002.jpg?308)
Scientific Name: Salix pulcha
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph
Trophic Level: Producer
Interpecies Interaction: Photosynthesis
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph
Trophic Level: Producer
Interpecies Interaction: Photosynthesis
Low Growing Plant: Arctic Moss
![Picture](/uploads/5/2/6/0/52607007/816579936.jpg?276)
Scientific Name: Calliergon giganteum
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph
Trophic Level: Producer
Interspecies Interaction: Photosynthesis
-Eaten by migrating animals such as birds
-Allows other plants to grow by keeping the ground and soil warmer than the air and
rest of the area
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph
Trophic Level: Producer
Interspecies Interaction: Photosynthesis
-Eaten by migrating animals such as birds
-Allows other plants to grow by keeping the ground and soil warmer than the air and
rest of the area
Member of the class aves: Willow Ptarmigan
![Picture](/uploads/5/2/6/0/52607007/125936086.jpg?383)
Scientific Name: Lagopus lagopus
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph
Trophic Level: Primary Consumer
Interspecies Interaction: Herbivore
-In winter months it eats
-Moss
-Lichens
-Willow buds and twigs
-Birch
-Seeds and berries
-In summer their diet expands to vegetable matter and occasionally
small insects
-Caterpillars
-Beetles
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph
Trophic Level: Primary Consumer
Interspecies Interaction: Herbivore
-In winter months it eats
-Moss
-Lichens
-Willow buds and twigs
-Birch
-Seeds and berries
-In summer their diet expands to vegetable matter and occasionally
small insects
-Caterpillars
-Beetles
Member of the class mammalia: Caribou
![Picture](/uploads/5/2/6/0/52607007/994399380.gif?211)
Scientific Name: Rangifer tarandus
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph
Trophic Level: Primary Consumer
Interspecies Interaction: Herbivore
-In the summertime, when vegetation is more plentiful,
they eat a variety of plants including willow
leaves
-In the wintertime, they use their hooves to
dig through snow to get to moss and other lichens
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph
Trophic Level: Primary Consumer
Interspecies Interaction: Herbivore
-In the summertime, when vegetation is more plentiful,
they eat a variety of plants including willow
leaves
-In the wintertime, they use their hooves to
dig through snow to get to moss and other lichens
Member of the class reptilia or amphibia: Siberian wood frog (amphibian)
![Picture](/uploads/5/2/6/0/52607007/393978783.jpg?286)
Scientific Name: Rana amurensis
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph
Trophic Level: Primary Consumer
Interspecies Interaction: Omnivore
-Insects
-Worms
-Other small animals without backbones
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph
Trophic Level: Primary Consumer
Interspecies Interaction: Omnivore
-Insects
-Worms
-Other small animals without backbones