Pallastunturi is a group of hills rising to approx. 800 m asl. Due to the prevailing cold climate, tree growth is hardly possible above 500 m asl. The vegetation higher up is dominated by dwarf shrubs, grasses, and lichens.

Keywords

alpine vegetation, high-mountain ecosystems, mountainscape, Zonobiome VIII

Created

Sunday 1 September 2002 by Martin Mergili in Europe / Finland (1373 visits)