Tundra

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Tundra community and location
There are three tundra regions. One of them is the Arctic Tundra which can be found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere such as northern Canada and northern Russia. Another tundra region is the Alpine Tundra. This tundra can be found on the peak of high elevated mountains such as the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This region will usually have no trees or water. The last tundra region is the Antarctic Tundra. This area is found in Antarctica and some subantarctic islands. Like the other tundra regions, this region is too cold and too dry to support vegetation. The community of organisms that are in the tundra include moss, willow, and grass, which are plants. Some animals there are polar bears, caribou, musk oxen, arctic fox, arctic hare, snowy owl, rock ptarmigan, grizzly bears, penguins, fish, harlequin duck, ermine, and many, many more other kinds of animals. There isn't much bacterias in this biome but one example of a bacterium is Burkholderia. Since the tundra is very dry and cold, the population of protists is very limitied. And the last kingdom is fungi and, here in the tundra, the most common fungi are lichens.

Climate
The tundra is a bleak, treeless area. It is cold through all the months of the year. The summer is a brief period of milder climates when the sun shines almost 24 hours a day. The tundra never raises above temperatures of 45 or 50 degrees Fahrenheit. During the winter months, the sun barely rises and it is dark for most of the day. Winter temperatures do not get above 30 degrees Fahrenheit and average -20 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit.

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