'''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 Fahrenheit (or 10 degrees Celsius).
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'''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 Fahrenheit.
Typical tundra vegetation includes [[lichens]], [[mosses]], and stunted [[shrubs]].
Typical tundra vegetation includes [[lichens]], [[mosses]], and stunted [[shrubs]].