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Arctic plants have a number of adaptations to the compressed growing season and low temperatures: They initiate growth rapidly in the spring, and flower and set seed much sooner than plants that grow in warmer conditions.
Despite cold temperatures, permafrost, and short growing seasons, vascular and nonvascular plants, algae, fungi, and lichens are found in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Learn more about these hardy species and the adaptations that enable them to survive in such harsh environments.
Arctic plants must contend with a harsh environment including low temperatures, continuous daylight in summer, infertile and often mobile soil and permanently frozen ground, and in many areas strong, dry winds and blowing snow. The species that survive are few and are frequently dwarfed.
Tundra plants have developed many clever adaptations to survive arctic temperatures, snow, ice, and long stretches without water. Here are some characteristics they share.
The Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM) shows the types of vegetation that occur across the Arctic—between the Arctic Ocean to the north and the northern limit of forests (“treeline”) to the south.
The Arctic tundra is a relatively young and new type of biome and is especially sensitive to the impacts of global warming. However, little is known about how the Arctic flora was shaped over...
Here, we present the current understanding of Arctic spectral and vegetation greening and browning to lay the foundations for a consensus between the remote sensing and field ecology...