Beringia lowland tundra
Beringia lowland tundra
The Beringia lowland tundra is a flat, wetland-rich tundra ecoregion along the Bering Sea coast of western Alaska, from Bristol Bay and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta north to Kotzebue Sound and the Seward Peninsula, including offshore islands such as St. Lawrence. Lakes and ponds cover nearly a quarter of the area, and sedge- and grass-dominated wet meadows give way to dwarf-shrub heath and crowberry on better-drained, sloping ground. The subarctic climate brings harsh winters and cool summers, with rainfall ranging from roughly 250 mm near Kotzebue Sound to far wetter conditions toward Bristol Bay. Globally important for waterbirds, it hosts the world's largest tundra swan communities, most of the emperor goose population, and is largely intact, much of it protected within refuges like the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
RESOLVE 409
Nearctic
58,987 sq mi
Tundra
Type de paysage
Tundra
Région végétale
Nearctic
Empreinte de la région
58,987 sq mi
Pression sur l'habitat
Half Protected (Dinerstein NNH 1)
Sourcing et entretien
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Utilisez ceci comme schéma général de plantation pour la région : Treeless polar and high-mountain landscapes of low shrubs, sedges, mosses, and lichens, where cold and a short growing season cap plant height. Soils are frequently frozen as permafrost, and these systems recover only slowly from disturbance. Pour vos décisions de jardin, associez ce contexte à la liste de plantes ci-dessous, puis affinez selon les contraintes de lumière, d'eau, de sol et de taille adulte de votre site.
Range & origins
Repère placé à l’intérieur du polygone RESOLVE 2017 à 61.4°N, 163.4°W.
La région à travers le temps
Empreinte moderne
RESOLVE 2017 cartographie 58,987 sq mi
Cette limite est une empreinte écologique moderne pour Beringia lowland tundra, et non une ligne permanente sur la planète. Elle est utile pour le contexte actuel des plantes et de la faune car elle suit des schémas récurrents de végétation, de climat, de relief et de perturbations.
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Conditions de tundra
La région se situe dans le règne Nearctic et est classée comme tundra. L'altitude, l'humidité, le feu, les sols, les côtes et l'utilisation humaine des terres peuvent tous rendre le paysage réel plus varié qu'une seule couleur de carte ne le laisse penser.
Pression du changement
Half Protected
Plotwright affiche ceci comme l'empreinte RESOLVE actuelle. Au fil des décennies ou des siècles, le réchauffement, les perturbations, les espèces envahissantes, l'utilisation des terres et la restauration peuvent déplacer la bordure vivante d'une région même lorsque la carte de référence reste fixe.
Collections de plantation
Des recettes de plantation finalisées où chaque membre peut supporter la plage climatique de cette région. Le badge d'adaptation se base sur la plante la plus sensible de la collection, si bien qu'une collection résiliente est un point de départ plus sûr que n'importe quelle vedette isolée.
Résiliente au climat · 2 plantes
Bright shade foundation
A part-shade planting with shrub structure and low foliage contrast.
Nouvellement possible d'ici 2070 · 8 plantes
Climate-resilient natives for warming zones (eastern NA)
A pollinator-supporting palette of eastern North American natives with broad hardiness ranges and wide native distributions. Built for gardeners who want a planting that can handle warming zones without giving up wildlife value.
Nouvellement possible d'ici 2070 · 9 plantes
Native pollinator border (eastern US)
A continuous-bloom native pollinator strip for eastern North America. Covers spring through frost with host + nectar plants spanning monarchs, native bees, hummingbirds, and specialist Lepidoptera. Little bluestem provides the matrix grass + Hesperiidae host.
Nouvellement possible d'ici 2070 · 4 plantes
Sunny pollinator border
A durable sunny border with summer bloom, seedheads, and upright winter texture.
Régions de plantation similaires
Parcourez d'autres régions au rythme similaire d'étés chauds et secs. Leurs listes de plantes peuvent suggérer des espèces et des combinaisons à comparer.
RESOLVE 404 - Nearctic
Ahklun and Kilbuck Upland Tundra
The Ahklun and Kilbuck Upland Tundra ecoregion spans the rugged Ahklun and Kilbuck mountain ranges of southwestern Alaska, bounded by the Bering Sea and its bays. Steep, sharp mountains—glaciated during the Pleistocene, with only a few small glaciers remaining—are separated by broad, flat valleys. Vegetation is largely moist and alpine tundra and dwarf scrub thickets dominated by heath-family plants, dwarf Arctic birch, and mountain avens; trees such as white and black spruce, paper birch, and balsam poplar are confined to valley floors and lower slopes. The climate mixes maritime and continental influences, with annual precipitation ranging from about 1,020 mm in lowlands to 2,030 mm in the high mountains. It is among the most pristine ecoregions on the continent, with 99% of habitat intact, much of it within the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.
Tundra
Zones 7b-8b
+11.9°F d’ici 2070
19,511 sq mi
Niveau NNH 1
RESOLVE 405 - Nearctic
Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra
The Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra spans a broad arc of northern mountains across Alaska, southwestern Yukon, and northwestern British Columbia, encompassing the Alaska Range and Wrangell-St. Elias Range and reaching the summit of Denali, North America's highest peak. Much of the ecoregion is rocky slopes, ice fields, and glaciers; where permanent snow and ice are absent, alpine tundra dominated by dwarf shrub communities, mountain avens, and heath-family shrubs prevails, with willows, alders, and dwarf birch on more protected slopes. The climate is alpine and glacierized North Pacific cordilleran, largely continental except for a maritime influence near Cook Inlet. The hoary marmot is the flagship species, and roughly 45% of the ecoregion is protected.
Tundra
Zones 5b-10b
+7.7°F d’ici 2070
63,442 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 406 - Nearctic
Aleutian Islands tundra
The Aleutian Islands tundra spans the 1,500-km arc of volcanic islands stretching from the Alaska Peninsula toward Russia's Kamchatka, plus the Pribilof Islands, dividing the North Pacific from the Bering Sea. Treeless maritime tundra covers the islands: dwarf scrub of crowberry and willows on exposed high ground, bluejoint-grass meadows on moist sites, and heath, sedge, and sphagnum bogs in the lowlands. The climate is cool and maritime, with mild winters, cool summers, and annual precipitation ranging from roughly 530 to 2,080 mm. About 98% of the ecoregion is protected within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, which supports breeding habitat for an estimated 40 million seabirds.
Tundra
Zones 6b-11a
+6.6°F d’ici 2070
4,722 sq mi
Niveau NNH 1
RESOLVE 407 - Nearctic
Arctic coastal tundra
The Arctic Coastal Tundra spans most of Alaska's northern coastline, a low coastal plain (0-150 m) along the Beaufort Sea in the Nearctic realm. Poorly drained terrain is dotted with thaw lakes covering up to half the ecoregion, and vegetation is dominated by wet tundra, fens, bogs, and marshes of grasses, sedges, and mosses, with dwarf shrubs on better-drained ground. The Arctic climate brings low precipitation (100-300 mm) and continuous, ice-rich permafrost with ice wedges and pingos. Its flagship species is the beluga whale; only about 4% lies in protected areas though most remains intact.
Tundra
Zones 5a-6b
+14.0°F d’ici 2070
19,174 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 408 - Nearctic
Arctic foothills tundra
The Arctic foothills tundra is a transitional belt of rounded hills and plateaus spanning northwestern Alaska, northern Yukon, and the northwestern Northwest Territories, lying between the Arctic Coastal Tundra to the north and the Brooks-British Range Tundra to the south. Its better-drained terrain—with fewer thaw lakes than the saturated coast—supports moist tussock sedges, dwarf shrubs, and scrub, with open white spruce stands mixed with balsam poplar and willow along the Noatak River Valley. The climate is Arctic, with continuous, thick permafrost and an active layer averaging about 1 m, while much of the landscape escaped glaciation during the Pleistocene. The region remains roughly 99% intact, though the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Dalton Highway, and coal and mineral mining pose growing threats; the gyrfalcon is its flagship species.
Tundra
Zones 5a-6b
+12.8°F d’ici 2070
49,954 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
RESOLVE 410 - Nearctic
Beringia upland tundra
The Beringia upland tundra is a mountainous tundra ecoregion on the west coast of Alaska, made up chiefly of the Seward Peninsula (its dominant area), the Ahklun Mountains in the southwest, and the hilly western half of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. These hilly uplands climb to steep, barren mountains reaching roughly 1,400-1,500 m and still hold a number of cirque glaciers. Their slopes carry tussock-forming sedges and dwarf shrubs (dwarf birch, willows, heaths) along with lichens and mosses, with taller shrubs lining streams and floodplains. The subarctic climate brings long, severe winters, strong persistent winds, continuous permafrost, and only about ten frost-free weeks in summer. The region is described as a surviving remnant of the former Bering land bridge that once joined Asia to North America; some 98% remains intact, though only about 21% lies within protected areas such as Bering Land Bridge National Preserve.
Tundra
Zones 6b-8a
+14.1°F d’ici 2070
18,112 sq mi
Niveau NNH 2
Sources et citations
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Plotwright. (n.d.). Beringia lowland tundra (Beringia lowland tundra). Retrieved 2026, June 16, from https://plotwright.garden/regions/resolve-409
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RESOLVE 2017 Terrestrial Ecoregions (Dinerstein et al.)
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