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Tundra

Desert and Tundra Biomes

A biome of the far north and the highest mountains, too cold for trees to grow at all, characterized by a short summer growing season and, across most of the Arctic tundra, a layer of permanently frozen subsoil called permafrost that keeps meltwater from draining away and produces the biome's characteristic wet, hummocky ground. Vegetation is limited to low shrubs, grasses, mosses and lichens close to the ground, and the animals that live here year-round, such as the gray wolf's northern populations, carry heavy insulation and, often, seasonal coat color change. Antarctica's ice-free coastal fringe, where species such as the emperor penguin breed, shares the tundra biome's cold, low-precipitation character even though it is formally its own polar desert.

Facts
Climate
Annual Precipitation (mm)
200 1
Typical Low Temperature (C)
-34 2
Typical High Temperature (C)
10 2
Annual Precipitation Band
Arid 3
Realm
Terrestrial 3
Tundra
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Scabies Mite

Tundra
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Demonstrates

Aurora, Natural Phenomena

The tundra biome sits mainly within the high-latitude auroral oval, the band where aurora is visible on the greatest number of nights per year, making it the biome most closely associated with regularly observing the phenomenon.

Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Blizzard, Natural Phenomena
Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Polar Vortex Outbreak, Natural Phenomena
Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Whiteout, Natural Phenomena
Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Northern wheatear, Species
Source NatureServe Explorer: Oenanthe oenanthe
Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Papilio machaon (Animal Diversity Web)
Pacific golden plover, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pluvialis fulva
Painted Lady, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Peregrine Falcon, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Falco peregrinus
Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Species
Source Red knot (Wikipedia)
Reindeer, Species
Source Reindeer (Wikipedia)
Reindeer Lichen, Species
Source Cladonia rangiferina, Wikipedia
Robber Fly, Species
Source Asilidae
Roe deer, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Capreolus capreolus (Animal Diversity Web)
Rough-legged buzzard, Species
Source Rough-legged buzzard (Wikipedia)
Scabies Mite, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Sarcoptes scabiei
Silene Stenophylla, Species
Source Wikidata: Silene Stenophylla
Snow Bunting, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Plectrophenax nivalis
Snowshoe hare, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Lepus americanus
Snowy Owl, Species
Source Wikipedia: Snowy Owl
Star Moss, Species
Source Wikipedia: Syntrichia ruralis
Stoat, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Mustela erminea (Animal Diversity Web)
Svalbard, Ecosystems
Source World Wildlife Fund
Taiga bean goose, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Anser fabalis
Tree Moss, Species
Source Climacium dendroides (Wikipedia)
Trichinella Spiralis, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Trichinella spiralis
Tundra swan, Species
Source Tundra swan (Wikidata)
White-tailed ptarmigan, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lagopus leucura (Animal Diversity Web)
Wild horse, Species
Source Wild horse (Wikipedia)
Wild Yak, Species
Source Wild Yak (Wikipedia)
Wolf, Species
Source Wolf (Wikipedia)
Wolverine, Species
Source Wolverine
Wood Frog, Species
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Lithobates sylvaticus
Woolly Fringe-moss, Species
Source Wikipedia: Racomitrium lanuginosum

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Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source NASA Science (Mission: Biomes): Mission: Biomes - TundraDescription
Quote, Description
extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia
Europe

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source NASA Science (Mission: Biomes): Mission: Biomes - TundraDescription
Quote, Description
extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia
North America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source NASA Science (Mission: Biomes): Mission: Biomes - TundraDescription
Quote, Description
extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia
Sources
1. Tundra Biome (National Geographic Education)
National Geographic EducationTundra Biome - Precipitation
Quote, Tundra Biome - Precipitation
Tundra regions typically get less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation annually.
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2. Tundra Climate (Blue Planet Biomes)
Blue Planet Biomes
  • Introduction
    It never gets any warmer than 45 or 50° F.
  • Introduction
    Winter temperatures don't reach above 20° F and average -20° to -30°F.
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3. NASA Science (Mission: Biomes): Mission: Biomes - Tundra
NASA Science (Mission: Biomes)
  • Precipitation
    This biome sees 150 to 250 millimeters (6 to 10 inches) of rain per year.
  • Location
    Regions south of the ice caps of the Arctic and extending across North America, Europe, and Siberia (high mountain tops)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/science/tundra, opening definition
    tundra, a major zone of treeless level or rolling ground found in cold regions, mostly north of the Arctic Circle (Arctic tundra) or above the timberline on high mountains (alpine tundra). Tundra is known for large stretches of bare ground and rock and for patchy mantles of low vegetation such as mosses, lichens, herbs, and small shrubs. This surface supports a meagre but unique variety of animals. The Finns called their treeless northern reaches the tunturi, but the concept of a vast frozen plain as a special ecological realm called tundra was developed by the Russians.
  • Home To: Emperor Penguin
  • Home To: Arctic Tern
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationView the Source
Antarctic Peninsula (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Antarctic Peninsula, lead sectionView the Source
World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund
  • Home To: Arctic Tundra
  • Home To: Svalbard
View the Source
Reindeer (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Reindeer, Wikipedia intro: "Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe,..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Snowy Owl
WikipediaHome To: Snowy Owl, Wikipedia intro: "s are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic, breeding mostly on the tundra. It has a number of unique adaptations to its habitat..."View the Source
Wikipedia: Racomitrium lanuginosum
WikipediaHome To: Woolly Fringe-moss, Wikipedia intro: "Racomitrium lanuginosum is a widespread species of moss found in montane and arctic tundra, the genus Racomitrium is found across the Northern and Southern hemi..."View the Source
Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) (Wikipedia)
Home To: Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus), Wikipedia intro: "ies of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra. It is well adapted to living in cold environments, a..."View the Source
Common snipe (Wikipedia)
Home To: Common snipe, Wikipedia intro: "inago cælestis) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World, where it breeds in marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows. It is usually shy and well-camouflag..."View the Source
Koslov's Pika (Wikipedia)
Home To: Koslov's Pika, Wikipedia intro: ") is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is tundra. It is threatened by habitat loss. Kozlov's pika are h..."View the Source
Wolverine
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Wolverine, Wikipedia 'Wolverine': found primarily in remote reaches of the northern boreal forests and subarctic and alpine tundraView the Source
Muskox (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Muskox, Wikipedia 'Muskox': native to the Arctic (Greenland, Canadian Arctic, Alaska)View the Source
Cladonia rangiferina, Wikipedia
Home To: Reindeer Lichen, Wikipedia 'Cladonia rangiferina': found primarily in areas of alpine tundraView the Source
Wikidata: American Crow
Home To: American Crow, IntroductionView the Source
Red knot (Wikipedia)
Home To: Red Knot (Calidris canutus), IntroductionView the Source
Wikidata: Silene Stenophylla
Home To: Silene Stenophylla, IntroductionView the Source
Tundra swan (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Tundra swan, IntroductionView the Source
Brant (goose) (Wikidata)
WikidataHome To: Brant (goose), IntroductionView the Source
Mountain weasel (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mountain weasel, Lead
Quote, Home To: Mountain weasel, Lead
The mountain weasel (Mustela altaica), also known as the pale weasel, Altai weasel or solongoi, primarily lives in high-altitude environments, as well as rocky tundra and grassy woodlands.
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Northern grizzled skipper (Wikipedia)
Home To: Northern grizzled skipper, Biology
Quote, Home To: Northern grizzled skipper, Biology
It occurs in the northern taiga, forest-tundra and southern shrub tundra.
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Dall sheep (Wikipedia)
Home To: Dall Sheep, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Dall Sheep, Ecology
O. dalli are found in areas with a combination of dry alpine tundra, meadows, and steep or rugged ground.
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Equus lenensis (Wikipedia)
Home To: Lena Horse, Ecology
Quote, Home To: Lena Horse, Ecology
Equus lenensis lived in cold steppe-tundra environments in Siberia.
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Arctic hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Arctic hare, Lead
Quote, Home To: Arctic hare, Lead
highly adapted to living in the Arctic tundra and other icy biomes
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Wild horse (Wikipedia)
Home To: Wild horse, Ecology, tundra
Quote, Home To: Wild horse, Ecology, tundra
Wild horses show considerable environmental tolerances, having historically inhabited environments ranging from temperate forest to steppe (including the prehistoric mammoth steppe biome) and tundra
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Alaskan hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Alaskan hare, Lead
Quote, Home To: Alaskan hare, Lead
They do not dig burrows and are found in the open tundra of western Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula in the United States.
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Mountain hare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Mountain hare, Lead
Quote, Home To: Mountain hare, Lead
largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats in the Palearctic realm
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Capreolus capreolus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Roe deer, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Roe deer, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web: Spermophilus parryii
Animal Diversity WebHome To: Arctic ground squirrel, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Arctic ground squirrel, Habitat
Arctic ground squirrels inhabit arctic and tundra habitats at northern latitudes and higher elevations, and boreal forest and alpine meadows at lower latitudes and elevations
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Black-capped marmot (Wikipedia)
Home To: Black-capped marmot, Lead, habitat
Quote, Home To: Black-capped marmot, Lead, habitat
The black-capped marmot lives in arctic tundra and alpine habitats from near sea-level to an altitude of 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Erethizon dorsatum
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: North American Porcupine, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: North American Porcupine, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Falco peregrinus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Peregrine Falcon, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Peregrine Falcon, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Aquila chrysaetos
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Golden Eagle, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Golden Eagle, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Bubo virginianus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Great Horned Owl, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Great Horned Owl, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pygoscelis papua
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Gentoo Penguin, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Gentoo Penguin, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Lithobates sylvaticus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Wood Frog, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Wood Frog, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ochotona princeps
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: American Pika, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: American Pika, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa cardui
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Painted Lady, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Painted Lady, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Panthera tigris
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Bengal Tiger, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Bengal Tiger, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Sarcoptes scabiei
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Scabies Mite, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Scabies Mite, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Trichinella spiralis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Trichinella Spiralis, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Trichinella Spiralis, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Alle alle
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Little auk, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Little auk, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Clangula hyemalis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Long-tailed duck, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Long-tailed duck, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Lepus americanus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Snowshoe hare, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Snowshoe hare, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Somateria mollissima
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Common eider, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Common eider, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Branta leucopsis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Barnacle goose, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Barnacle goose, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Calidris alpina
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Dunlin, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Dunlin, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Plectrophenax nivalis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Snow Bunting, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Snow Bunting, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pluvialis fulva
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Pacific golden plover, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Pacific golden plover, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Anser fabalis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Taiga bean goose, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Taiga bean goose, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Rangifer tarandus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Dawson's caribou, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
Quote, Home To: Dawson's caribou, Habitat Regions, biome: tundra
tundra tundra
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Wikipedia: Bald Eagle
WikipediaHome To: Bald Eagle, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Bald Eagle, Habitat
Upland wintering habitats often consist of open habitats with concentrations of medium-sized mammals, such as prairies, meadows or tundra, or open forests with regular carrion access.
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Wikipedia: Syntrichia ruralis
WikipediaHome To: Star Moss, Lead
Quote, Home To: Star Moss, Lead
It grows in tundra, coniferous forest, grassland, sagebrush steppe, and other habitat types.
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Wikipedia: Cat
Home To: Domestic Cat, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Domestic Cat, Habitats
Feral cats can live in forests, grasslands, tundra, coastal areas, agricultural land, scrublands, urban areas, and wetlands.
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Wolf (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHome To: Wolf, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Wolf, Distribution and habitat
Wolves live in forests, inland wetlands, shrublands, grasslands (including Arctic tundra), pastures, deserts, and rocky peaks on mountains.
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Rough-legged buzzard (Wikipedia)
Home To: Rough-legged buzzard, Habitat and distribution
Quote, Home To: Rough-legged buzzard, Habitat and distribution
The rough-legged buzzard breeds in tundra and taiga habitats of North America and Eurasia between the latitudes of 61° (locally south to 48° in Newfoundland and 58° N in southern Norway) and 76° N.
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European golden plover (Wikipedia)
Home To: European golden plover, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: European golden plover, Distribution and habitat
The European golden plover tends to breed in the Arctic tundra and other moorland areas, ranging as far west as Iceland, where they are called Heiðlóa, and as far east as central Siberia; the southernmost breed in Wales and Belarus, after a small breeding population on Dartmoor in southwest England became extinct in about 2010.
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Great knot (Wikipedia)
Home To: Great knot, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Great knot, Distribution
Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia, Russia.
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Bluethroat (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bluethroat, Subspecies
Quote, Home To: Bluethroat, Subspecies
L. s. svecica (Linnaeus, 1758) (red-spotted bluethroat), breeds in subarctic shrub tundra from Scandinavia east to western Alaska, winters in southern Asia in India, Pakistan, Middle East.
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Little stint (Wikipedia)
Home To: Little Stint, Nesting
Quote, Home To: Little Stint, Nesting
Birds prefer to nest in low-lying areas within grassy tundra, often near wetlands .
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Fieldfare (Wikipedia)
Home To: Fieldfare, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Fieldfare, Habitat
It also inhabits open tundra and the slopes of hills above the tree line.
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Jack snipe (Wikipedia)
Home To: Jack snipe, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Jack snipe, Distribution and habitat
Their breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows with short vegetation in northern Europe and northern Russia.
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Kentish plover (Wikipedia)
Home To: Kentish plover, Distribution
Quote, Home To: Kentish plover, Distribution
They are known to reside and breed in multiple types of habitat, from desert with ground temperatures reaching 50 °C to tundra.
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Wild Yak (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHome To: Wild Yak, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Home To: Wild Yak, Distribution and habitat
It's most common in alpine tundra with a relatively thick carpet of grasses and sedges rather than the more barren steppe country.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Mustela erminea (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Stoat, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Stoat, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes tundra tundra taiga taiga savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Lagopus leucura (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: White-tailed ptarmigan, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: White-tailed ptarmigan, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes tundra tundra mountains mountains
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Dytiscus marginalis (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Great diving beetle, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Great diving beetle, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes tundra tundra mountains mountains
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Asilidae
Home To: Robber Fly, Habitat
Quote, Home To: Robber Fly, Habitat
In the Northern Hemisphere, some species are even adapted to tundra.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Papilio machaon (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHome To: Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Terrestrial Biomes
Quote, Home To: Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions temperate temperate Terrestrial Biomes tundra tundra savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest mountains mountains icecap
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NatureServe Explorer: Bombus cryptarum
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Bombus cryptarum, Species characteristics: Tundra
Quote, Home To: Bombus cryptarum, Species characteristics: Tundra
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Tundra"
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NatureServe Explorer: Pluvialis squatarola
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Grey plover, Species characteristics: Tundra
Quote, Home To: Grey plover, Species characteristics: Tundra
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Tundra"
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NatureServe Explorer: Alauda arvensis
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Eurasian skylark, Species characteristics: Tundra
Quote, Home To: Eurasian skylark, Species characteristics: Tundra
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Tundra"
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NatureServe Explorer: Larus fuscus
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Lesser black-backed gull, Species characteristics: Tundra
Quote, Home To: Lesser black-backed gull, Species characteristics: Tundra
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Tundra"
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NatureServe Explorer: Charadrius hiaticula
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Common ringed plover, Species characteristics: Tundra
Quote, Home To: Common ringed plover, Species characteristics: Tundra
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Tundra"
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NatureServe Explorer: Oenanthe oenanthe
NatureServe ExplorerHome To: Northern wheatear, Species characteristics: Tundra
Quote, Home To: Northern wheatear, Species characteristics: Tundra
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Tundra"
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Bar-tailed godwit (Wikipedia)
Home To: Bar-tailed Godwit, Habitat: Tundra
Quote, Home To: Bar-tailed Godwit, Habitat: Tundra
Bar-tailed godwits breed on Arctic coasts and tundra from Scandinavia to Alaska
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Plants For A Future: Lepidium meyenii
Plants For A FutureHome To: Maca, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Maca, Habitats
Barren steppes, tundra and alpine plains, usually in limestone and clay soils, 3800 - 4800 metres
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Plants For A Future: Equisetum scirpoides
Plants For A FutureHome To: Dwarf Horsetail, Habitats
Quote, Home To: Dwarf Horsetail, Habitats
Tundra, mossy places, and woods. Stems often partly buried in humus. Part shade, shade; moist woods, peat bogs, shady, mossy wetlands.
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Climacium dendroides (Wikipedia)
  • Home To: Climacium dendroides, Habitat
    in alpine tundras
  • Home To: Tree Moss, Habitat
    in alpine tundras
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Dissenting Readings (1 dissenting reading)
Description

The Koppen climate classification, the standard reference scheme this entry's own hedge implicitly gestures toward, draws a firm line this entry does not fully draw: ET (tundra) requires at least one month averaging above freezing, while EF (ice cap, sometimes called polar desert) has no month above freezing at all. By Koppen's own criteria the two are separate climate classes, not one biome with a footnote; this entry's inclusion of Antarctica's ice-free coastal fringe under Tundra, while noting in its own prose that the area is "formally its own polar desert," is the simplified convention, not the only one a foundational climate classification supports.

A dissenting reading, from Wladimir KoppenEncyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

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