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About the Alpine Biome The Alpine biome (or the Mountain biome) is a snowy, cold, and windy biome in the high mountains of an altitude more than 10,000 feet, with more than 200 plant species, poor soil, and very small carbon dioxide and air. It is like the Tundra biome: cold and dry. It is also one of the most coldest biomes in the world. The winter seasons last from October to May. In the summer, the temperature ranges from a small 40° to 60° Fahrenheit. Barely any trees can grow here except mostly the coniferous trees. The average rainfall in the Alpine is 12 inches.======

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The Alpine biome is the tallest biome in the world, but it is very small. As you can see here, there is not much Alpine biomes in the world. (Blue or brown is where the Alpine is at).======

Plants in the Alpine biome
The plant in the Alpine biome appear to be adapted to be low to the grow. That means the plants are very short like moss, wildflowers, succulent, lichens, moss champion.and wild potatoes. Firs and pines have adapted their needle work faster at photosynthesis faster at small carbon dioxide. Lichens and wild potatoes also is a great food source.


 * Wildflower [[image:wild_potatoes.jpg width="130" height="139" align="right" caption="Wild Potatoes"]]
 * Mosses
 * Succulents
 * Bear Grass
 * Moss Champion[[image:moss_campion.jpg align="right" caption="Moss Champion"]]
 * Lichen
 * Alpine Phacelia
 * Wild Potato[[image:ysphagn.jpg width="190" height="125" align="right" caption="Moss"]]
 * Firs
 * Pine



Animals in the Alpine Biome
The animals in the Alpine biome are usually warm-blooded animals or insects with short legs, tails, or ears so that they don't lose body heat. They also have layers of fat, larger lungs, and they hibernate in adaptation. The greatest problems for the animals is that it's too cold or that the animals would get too much UV wavelengths. The Hoary marmot lives underground for warmth while the Mountain Goat lives in high cliffs, but they all adapted well.


 * Steller's Jay
 * Chickaree[[image:mountgoat.jpg align="right" caption="Mountain Goat"]][[image:snowleopard.jpg align="right" caption="Snow Leopard"]]
 * Hoary Marmot
 * Mountain Goat
 * Clark's Nutcracker
 * Ruffed Grouse
 * Yak
 * Elk
 * Snoeshoe Hare
 * Snow Leopard[[image:snowshoe.jpg align="right" caption="Snowshoe Hare"]]

A Food Chain



Human Impact The Alpine biome is one of the most greatest dangered of all biomes because they are the first affected by the greenhouse affects in the atmosphere from us burning fossil fuels. This is because their the nearest to the atmosphere. The UV waves are affecting the animals that live up here. There are also lots of logging and mining by humans in this mountainous biome.

Pictures of the Alpine Biome





If you want to learn more about the Alpine biome, please go to these websites.
[|www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/alpine.htm] [] [] [] []

Made by John Albritton, Courtney Wilson, & Joshua Jimison all at Canton Middle School.

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