wildlife.

=**Flora and Fauna of Alpine Tundra**= The alpine tundra is very diverse with wild life despite its cold temperatures at certain times of the year. The plant life in this biome has evolved to a point so resist the cold or hibernate until temperatures become favorable to their needs. Mammals have gained the most dominance in these parts of the world and have endured even in the most harshest of times. The food sources increase and decline with the change of the seasons, the acquiring of food becomes easy fore several months or days, but then suddenly shifts to becoming difficult to find. The land is difficult to live on but the wildlife find ways to manage and survive with each other or on their own.

=Fauna= Snow Leopard The snow leopard is one of the endangered species that live in the alpine tundra and are in the process of being protected from poachers. These are part of a group in the feline family known as the big cats, roughly because of their large size while the snow leopard is more moderately near this classification. These animals dwell mostly the mountain regions of Asia and are protected in national parks to keep their populations from dropping. This particular animal must be protect so that natural cycle of the environment can contine.

Wolverine The wolverine is well known for its aggressive behavior and it's affiliation to the Marvel comics character. This animal may resemble a small bear but it's more closely related to weasels, more precisely badgers. The aggressive behavior of this animal is generally high when compete for,food, territory,mates,and most importantly self defense. This general species of animal is mostly left alone because of its nasty reputation, but people still hunt it for it's fur.

Mountain Goat This herbivore is commonly found in North America. The Mountain goat like any other species of goat, males use their horns for defense and competition. They feed on wide variety vegetation in their Mountainous habitat, which include moss, ferns, and grass. If you ever see this species when your in the mountain areas of North America run and don't look back.

Vicuna The Vicuna is a close relative to the llama and the alpaca, you think of this as a herding animal but some time ago it was endangered but the population has returned to a stable number. Vicunas are the national animals of Peru and this explains why they are so protected, but people still sheer them for their fur for the cold weather in their region of the world.

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Pygmy Bitter root A flowering plant that is commonly found in the rocky mountain terrain of north America, it often hybridizes with other species that are lewisia.

Bristle cone Pine One of the oldest living plant species in North America, they can live up to 5000, due to their lifespan they grow very slowly because of this and have earned several nicknames due to this trait.