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Bearberry
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Pasque Flower
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Labrador tea plant grows to be 4 to 5 feet. It has woolly branches with narrow leaves which are smooth on the upper side, with rusty hairs underneath. At the ends of the branches are tiny clusters of white flowers with protruding stamen, which bloom in June and July. A syrup was made from the tea to be used for coughs.
Where it grows: They usually grow in wet meadows, bogs, and forest areas mostly in the lower latitudes of the tundra biome. It will grow up straight in the southern latitudes of the tundra, but in the colder northern latitudes it will creep over the ground.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra_plant_page.htm
Diamond-leaf Willow
(Salix pulcha)
Diamond-leaf Willow: The twigs on a willow are soft, and they bend easily. A willow has thin branches. The leaves are narrow and grow alternately on the branch. On the tundra this willow only grows a few inches tall and creeps along the ground in a thick carpet. Willows have clusters of flowers are about 1 inch in length.
Where it grows: Williow grows near creeks, marshes or other. Wood from the willow is good to use to start a fire, since it burns easily. The diamond leaf willow provides much needed food for grazing animal of the tundra, like musk oxen, caribou or reindeer.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra_plant_page.htm
Where it grows: Williow grows near creeks, marshes or other. Wood from the willow is good to use to start a fire, since it burns easily. The diamond leaf willow provides much needed food for grazing animal of the tundra, like musk oxen, caribou or reindeer.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra_plant_page.htm
Tufted Saxifrage
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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. Each flower has five white petals, that look like a bell when just opening and turn into a star when fully opened. The Tufted saxifrage grows on the rocky slopes and crevices of the tundra.
Where it grows: It can be found from Alaska to the Cascade and Olympic Mountains and northwestern Oregon.
Saxifrages like cool weather. The Saxifrage has a well-developed underground root system forstoring carbohydrates, so that they can respond quickly to the cold weather of the tundra.
Arctic Willow
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Arctic willow is 15-20 cm in height. It has many different shapes, but sometimes has long trailing branches that root where they touch the surface. Arctic willows grow shrub, and carpet. The leaves are oval shaped with pointed tips, wedge shaped bottoms, and have little stalks. The leaves are dark green on the bottom and a lighter green on the top.
Where it grows: Can be found in the North American tundra. Arctic Willow prefers to live in dry, cold, open places. In its strongest growth season the It has also adapted to the permafrost by growing a shallow root system. The leaves of the Salix arctica have also adapted to the cold weather by growing long fuzzy hairs.