background info

• The coldest of all biomes

characteristics of tundra biomes

• cold climate
• simple vegetation
• little precipitation
• poor nutrients
• short growing season

two types of tundra

• arctic
• alpine

vegetation and animals of the tundra

• A very fragile environment, a tundra is home to few kinds of vegetation
• A few animal species that can survive the tundra's extremes
• Includes wolves,
• caribou,
• and mosquitoes