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Why are tall trees absent in the polar regions ? |
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Answer» The polar regions exhibit a polar frost climate (Peel and Finlayson, 2007) with summer mean temperatures near freezing. A striking feature of contemporary polar landscapes is that high-stature vascular plants (trees and shrubs > 0.5 m tall) are largely absent, and completely so from the Antarctic. |
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