Defined by its latitude, ALASKA is the only part of the United States in which the POLAR ecoregion can be found.
Its altitudinal biomes consist of the following:
- Alpine Mountains, capped by snow and ice
- Tundra Landscape, carpeted by herbs, lichens, mosses, and grasses
- Taiga Coniferous Forests, also known as Boreal Forest.
This ecoregion’s terrestrial biomes of Tundra and Taiga are accompanied by both Freshwater and Marine aquatic biomes.
The flora and fauna in these biomes are driven by temperature and rainfall amounts.
See below for a list of National Parks and other parks, natural areas, and forests within this ecoregion represented in my photos.
Gates of the Arctic National Park ALASKA
The Dalton Highway ALASKA
• National Park Name or Park/Forest/Monument/Refuge Name I PHOTO GALLERY NAME (click on the photo gallery name below to view photos)
- Chugach National Forest (Alpine/Taiga – part of coastal Humid Temperate ecoregion) I ALASKA
- Chugach State Park (Alpine/Taiga – part of coastal Humid Temperate ecoregion) I ALASKA
- Denali National Park & Preserve I ALASKA
- Denali State Park I ALASKA
- Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve I ALASKA
- Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (Alpine/Taiga – part of coastal Humid Temperate ecoregion) I ALASKA
- Katmai National Park & Preserve I ALASKA
- Kenai Fjords National Park (Alpine/Taiga – part of coastal Humid Temperate ecoregion) I ALASKA
- Kobuk Valley National Park I ALASKA
- Lake Clark National Park & Preserve I ALASKA
- Misty Fjords National Monument (Alpine/Taiga – part of coastal Humid Temperate ecoregion) I ALASKA
- Tongass National Forest (Alpine/Taiga – part of coastal Humid Temperate ecoregion) I ALASKA
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (Alpine/Taiga – part of coastal Humid Temperate ecoregion) I ALASKA
- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge I ALASKA