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What type of soil does the arctic tundra have?
The arctic tundra has poor soil
What is the soil quality of tundra?
poor
What are the soil characteristics in a tundra?
the soil characteristics are cold rocky and poor nutrients
Does the soil drain well in the tundra?
no, there are bogs and frozen earth in the tundra due to poor drainage
What are the crops of the tundra biome?
There are none the soil is VERY poor.
Why does tundra have permafrost?
The tundra has permafrost because the soil in the tundra is very poor. This is why there are not many trees or plants that grow very tall in the tundra. Permafrost is the top layer of soil that is frozen. Obviously there's permafrost because in the tundra it is very cold and the soil is not very rich.
Which biome has a thin layer of nutrient poor soil and shallow rooted plants?
The tundra
What are consequences of losing fertile soil?
loosing fertile soil causes the plant to get poor nutrition which will make it sick or die.
Why tundra soil is poor in nutrients?
The basis of soil nutrients is the decomposed former vegetation that grew there. Few things grow on the tundra at all, so little plant decomposition takes place,and the soil nutrient level stays low.
What are the tundra's limiting factors?
Lack of heat, limited sunlight, poor soil, minimal animal resources.
What is the tundra soil used for?
The tundra is one of the most fragile biomes on the planet. The food chains are relatively sipmle and thus easily disrupted. Because conditons are so extreme, the land is easily damaged and slow to recover.
What biome has hot dry summers nutrient poor soil woody evergreen shrubs chaparral coyotes?
The biome is known as the tundra.
