Biome
Tundra
The Tundra biome gathers 51 ecoregions in Plotwright's worldwide roster. Treeless polar and high-mountain landscapes of low shrubs, sedges, mosses, and lichens, where cold and a short growing season cap plant height. Soils are frequently frozen as permafrost, and these systems recover only slowly from disturbance.
Adelie Land tundraAhklun and Kilbuck Upland TundraAlaska-St. Elias Range tundraAleutian Islands tundraAntipodes Subantarctic Islands tundraArctic coastal tundraArctic foothills tundraBeringia lowland tundraBeringia upland tundraBrooks-British Range tundraCanadian High Arctic tundraCanadian Low Arctic tundraCanadian Middle Arctic TundraCentral South Antarctic Peninsula tundraCherskii-Kolyma mountain tundraChukchi Peninsula tundraDavis Highlands tundraDronning Maud Land tundraEast Antarctic tundraEllsworth Land tundraEllsworth Mountains tundraEnderby Land tundraInterior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundraKalaallit Nunaat Arctic steppeKalaallit Nunaat High Arctic tundraKamchatka tundraKola Peninsula tundraMarie Byrd Land tundraNorth Victoria Land tundraNortheast Antarctic Peninsula tundraNortheast Siberian coastal tundraNorthwest Antarctic Peninsula tundraNorthwest Russian-Novaya Zemlya tundraNovosibirsk Islands Arctic desertOgilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundraPacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundraPrince Charles Mountains tundraRussian Arctic desertRussian Bering tundraScandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslandsScotia Sea Islands tundraSouth Antarctic Peninsula tundraSouth Orkney Islands tundraSouth Victoria Land tundraSouthern Indian Ocean Islands tundraTaimyr-Central Siberian tundraTorngat Mountain tundraTrans-Baikal Bald Mountain tundraTransantarctic Mountains tundraWrangel Island Arctic desertYamal-Gydan tundra