Vegetation in Tundra and Mountain Biome.

Question

Differentiate between:

Vegetation in Tundra and Mountain Biome.

Answer 1

Vegetation in the Tundra Biome	Vegetation in the Mountain Biome
(i) The tundra is the coldest of the biomes.	(i) The temperatures are low and it decreases with increase in height.
(ii) The ground is frozen for 8 months of the year. There is a layer of permanently frozen ground below the surface, called permafrost.	(ii) Climate depends on altitude, location on leeward or windward side, orographic rainfall and snowfall on upper slopes of mountains.
(iii) Vegetation has adapted to the cold and the short growing season.	(iii) The vegetation has range from deciduous to tundra varj-ing according to altitude.
(iv) Mosses and lichens are common, while few trees grow here.	(iv) Rhododendron plants grow on most mountains. Oak, laurel and chestnut trees are also found up to 2000 m above sea-level. Pine trees are found up to 4000 m.
(v) The trees that do manage to grow stay close to the ground so they are insulated by snow during the cold winters.	(v) Above 4000 m altitude only lichens, grass and moss can be found.