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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 00:04, 27 September 2010: 1,712 × 1,992 (343 KB): Cephas {{Information |Description={{en|1=Approximate area of the Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra ecoregion}} {{fr|1=Aire approximative de l'écorégion de la [[:fr:Toundra et champs de glace des monts de la côte pacifique|Toundra et champs de glac
Alpine tundra in the North Cascades of Washington, United States. Alpine tundra does not contain trees because the climate and soils at high altitude block tree growth. [26]: 51 The cold climate of the alpine tundra is caused by the low air temperatures, and is similar to polar climate. Alpine tundra is generally better drained than arctic ...
The adversity of soil and climatic conditions proves to low production levels, as well as little biomass accumulation due to slow rates of nutrient release in cold and wet soils, specifically as a result of limited nitrogen and phosphorus (Nadelhoffer et al. 1996) Additionally, there are low temperatures and strong winds in the tundra causing most vegetation to be dominated by woody plants ...
Alpine tundra occurs at high enough altitude at any latitude.Portions of montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregions worldwide include alpine tundra. Large regions of alpine tundra occur in the North American Cordillera and parts of the northern Appalachian Mountains in North America, the Alps and Pyrenees of Europe, the Himalaya and Karakoram of Asia, the Andes of South America, the Eastern ...
Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra: Canada United States: Torngat Mountain tundra: Canada: Palearctic realm; Arctic desert: Russia: Bering tundra: Russia: Cherskii–Kolyma mountain tundra: Russia: Chukchi Peninsula tundra: Russia: Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra: Russia: Kola Peninsula tundra: Norway Russia: Northeast ...
The slopes are covered with a variety of lichens and other tundra plants, depending on altitude and drainage. The low-lying, wetter areas are similar to the surrounding Beringia lowland tundra ecoregion but the uplands are generally drier and dominated by sedges such as Eriophorum vaginatum and scrub such as the ericas Arctostaphylos alpina, Vaccinium vitis-idaea or Empetrum nigrum or mountain ...
The Brooks–British Range tundra extends east and west along the Brooks Range which runs across northern Alaska and northeastern Yukon Territory.The Brooks Range is divided into western and eastern sections by the Anaktuvuk Pass.
The Torngat Mountains are the southernmost range of the Arctic Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that reach 2,500 km to the northern point of Ellesmere Island. The Torngat Mountains form a peninsula between Ungava Bay on the west and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. The ecoregion is only 100 km wide, and 300 km north to south.