Plants of the North American Tundra

Pasque Flower:









-Silky hairs provide insulation
-Member of the Ranunculaceae 
family
- Grow where frogs live
- Grow close to ground to keep
warm  

Bear-berry:

-Bears like to eat their red berries
-Grow 2-8" off the ground
-Stem covered in thick brown
bark and silky hairs

Purple saxifage:

-Earliest plant to bloom, seen above
 melting snow
-Edible plant
-Star shaped flowers