| − | '''Tundra''' are the treeless plains of the artic circle. The soil is a thin coating over permafrost. For most of the year the temperature never gets above freezing, and even during the short summer doesn't rise above 50 degrees (F). | + | '''Tundra''' are the treeless plains of the arctic circle. The soil is a thin coating over permafrost. For most of the year the temperature never gets above freezing, and even during the short summer doesn't rise above 50 degrees (F). |
| − | Typical tundra vegation includes [[lichens]], [[mosses]], and stunted [[shrubs]]. | + | Typical tundra vegetation includes [[lichens]], [[mosses]], and stunted [[shrubs]]. |