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-​**The polar bear is one of the many animals that lives in the tundra.They are the largest bear in the world.They have thick oily fur and layers of bluber to keep warm in the freezing cold waters and land._taylor kellish**

these are caribou.They live in the artic tundra and the mountain tundra.

The ermine is related to the weasel it is nicknamed the short tailed weasel

the arctic fox is a scavenger it follows polar bears to eat the reamains of its last kill.

This is the Artic Willow, also known as the Rock Willow.Benjamin Hostetler This is the Labrador Tea. other names for this plant are St. Jame's Tea, Marsh Tea, Swamp Tea, and Hudson's Bay Tea. These are Musk Oxen.They have long brown hair that hangs down to the ground.Benjamin Hostetler This is the Wolverine. It is a fierce and strong animal about the size of a bear cub.Benjamin Hostetler the pasque flower is a flower that grows 5-8 petals.The fruit of the plant is a plum that is achenial, which means that one seed is attached to the ovary wall, like a strawberry seed._taylor kellish

The harlequin duck gets its name from the decorated appearance of the male



Bearberry is a low growing evergreen. It has a stem that rises 2-8" off the ground and is covered in a thick bark and fine silky hairs. The snowy owl is considered to be one of the largest and most attractive of the owls. It is called the snowy owl because of its white feathers. This is a Grizzly Bears are found in the Alaskan tundra.

this plants name is Polytrichum Moss.

​ The snowshoe hare has white fur in the winter to blend in with the snow and be less noticable to predators. by Alexis Perkins When it gets warmer in the tundra the snowshoe hare will turn brown. This is to blend in with the summer environment. by Alexis Perkins

Caribou migrate north each summer in one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth. Feeding mostly on grasses and plants in the summer, caribou eat lichen and mushrooms during winter.

The largest deer species, moose grow huge antlers that can eventually span more than 6 feet (1.8 meters).



Tufted Saxifrage is a small perennial that grow in thick mats on the tundra. It has several straight flower stems which can get 3-15 cm high. The leaves are rigid and very hairy and only 5-10 mm long._taylor kellish

**This is a lemmings are small mouse-like animals that live in the arctic tundra. In summer they are brown, but in winter they are all white. Their white winter coats help them to hide from the predators that depend upon them for food. These little critters live in colonies.** _taylor kellish

grasssnow hare--arctic fox by _tommy montague


 * grasses --- pika --- arctic fox - polar bear __ **** taylor kellish

An invasive species is a non-native species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal, or plant health._taylor kellish.

lichen--caribou--wolves_kelly barthalow

lichen-Musk Oxen--Arctic Wolves_C. MIZER

An invasive species is not a native species that is tending to invade another species. An invasive spiecies in the tundra is the Canada Thistle. It is invasive because it limits the grazing area that animals have to graze. _C.MIZER **

 caribou mosscaribouwolves_Austin Brown

Caribou moss---Lemming---Artic Fox, By Benjamin Hostetler

Arctic Willow---LemmingSnowy Owl-Arctic Wolf.....Alexis Perkins(:

Lichens---Arctic Hare---Brown Bear, Logan Foster

The artic willows in late summer by Alexis Perkins

Tundra flowers by Alexis Perkins

Tundra Wolf by Hugh Hart Tundra Swan by Hiugh Hart zoologicalwildlifefoundation.com animals.nationalgeographic.com



Tundra Plants by Hugh Hart