The top layer of soil thaws :D
Muskoxen change their diets from summer to winter. During the summer, muskoxen eat grasses, arctic willows, small woody plants, lichens, and mosses. In winter they eat arctic willows willows and dry grasses if they can reach them beneath the snow.
Reindeer have a thicker coat in winter than in the summer. They will dig down through the snow to reach grasses and mosses (reindeer moss is a favourite) to eat. They will also gnaw at tree bark.
Reindeer have a thicker coat in winter than in the summer. They will dig down through the snow to reach grasses and mosses (reindeer moss is a favourite) to eat. They will also gnaw at tree bark.
summer sprout
A cold, treeless, usually lowland area of far northern regions. The lower strata of soil of tundras are permanently frozen, but in summer the top layer of soil thaws and can support low-growing mosses, lichens, grasses, and small shrubs.
There ARE vegetations in the frigids zones: "The plants of the relatively infertileArctic tundra (lichens, mosses, grasses, cushion plants, and low shrubs) spring to life during the short summer season and remain dormant for the remaining ten months of the year."
They may sprout but they are grown during the spring and summer.
Blue grasses are not very drought tolerant and need regular, steady supply of water. The water needs will increase in the summer time, especially in areas with increased temperatures and fewer rains.
Summer grasses All that remains of warriors dreams
Of course they do! 20 degrees Fahrenheit is below freezing and Alaska does have a summer, no matter how short. They even go above 20 degrees Celsius in the summer and that is 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
There are many varieties of grass but only two types, which are cool season grasses and warm season grasses. Cool season grasses are generally used in northern areas that experience cold winters and warm summers. Warm season grasses are generally used in southern areas where they are able to tolerate and thrive in summer heat.
Woodland caribou eat a variety of vascular plants during the summer. In the winter, they eat lichens, both terrestrial and arboreal lichens.