ALPINE TUNDRA

DESCRIPTION

• The alpine tundra is a biome that doesn't contain any trees because of it's high altitude.

FLORA AND FAUNA

• There are only about 200 plants able to survive in the high altitudes.
• Tussock grasses, dwarf trees, small-leafed shrubs, and heaths are examples of plant life in the alpine tundra.
• Fauna: yellow-bellied marmots, pikas, and ptarmagins.

ALPINE TUNDRA

• Alpine tundra occurs at high enough altitude at any latitude.
• Most alpine tundras are found in The Himalayas, American Cordillera, the Alps, The Scandinavian mountains, and The Rift mountains in Africa.

Landscape

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