Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra

Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra

Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra
This tundra ecoregion is scattered across the cold Southern Ocean south of New Zealand and Australia, gathering five remote island groups: the Bounty Islands, Auckland Islands, Antipodes Islands, and Campbell Island (New Zealand), plus Macquarie Island (Australia). Its windswept landscape is dominated by tussock grassland threaded with cushion plants and showy "megaherbs" such as Pleurophyllum and Stilbocarpa, while sheltered pockets of the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island hold some of the world's southernmost forests of southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata). The climate is harsh and relentlessly wet, with strong westerly winds and precipitation falling on more than 300 days a year. Despite low overall species richness, the isolation has driven notable endemism, and the islands shelter roughly half the world's albatross species along with vast penguin colonies and endemic land birds like the Antipodes parakeet. Gardeners may recognize the giant-flowered megaherb genera and the tree fern Cyathea among the flora native to these subantarctic islands.
RESOLVE 196
Australasia
338 sq mi
Tundra
Tipo de paisagem
Tundra
Região vegetal
Australasia
Pegada da região
338 sq mi
Pressão sobre o habitat
Nature Imperiled (Dinerstein NNH 4)
Use isto como o padrão geral de plantio para a região: 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. Para decisões de jardim, combine esse contexto com a lista de plantas abaixo e depois refine pelas restrições de luz, água, solo e tamanho adulto do seu local.

Range & origins

Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra location on world map
Marker placed inside the RESOLVE 2017 polygon at 50.7°S, 166.1°E.
A região ao longo do tempo
Pegada moderna
RESOLVE 2017 mapeia 338 sq mi
Este limite é uma pegada ecológica moderna de Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra, não uma linha permanente no planeta. É útil para o contexto atual de plantas e fauna porque segue padrões recorrentes de vegetação, clima, relevo e perturbações.
Por que aqui
Condições de tundra
A região fica no reino Australasia e é classificada como tundra. Altitude, umidade, fogo, solos, costas e o uso humano da terra podem tornar a paisagem real mais variada do que uma única cor no mapa sugere.
Pressão de mudança
Nature Imperiled
O Plotwright mostra isto como a pegada RESOLVE atual. Ao longo de décadas a séculos, o aquecimento, as perturbações, as espécies invasoras, o uso da terra e a restauração podem mover a borda viva de uma região mesmo quando o mapa de referência permanece fixo.

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Tundra
Zones 7b-8b
+11.9°F by 2070
19,511 sq mi
NNH tier 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 by 2070
63,442 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 406 - Nearctic
Aleutian Islands tundra
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Tundra
Zones 6b-11a
+6.6°F by 2070
4,722 sq mi
NNH tier 1
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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 by 2070
19,174 sq mi
NNH tier 2
RESOLVE 408 - Nearctic
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Tundra
Zones 5a-6b
+12.8°F by 2070
49,954 sq mi
NNH tier 2

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