Alpine Meadow

Alpine tundra

Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets lower until it reaches sea level and merges with polar tundra.

Meadow

A meadow is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as they maintain an open character. Meadows can occur naturally under favourable conditions but are often artificially created from cleared shrub or woodland for the production of hay, fodder or livestock. Meadow habitats as a group are characterized as semi-natural grasslands, meaning that they are largely composed of species native to the region, with only limited human intervention.

alpine

Adjective

1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Alpine: Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a large mountain range in Europe.

Noun

1. Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.

meadow

Noun

1. A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to be mown for hay or to be grazed.
2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

Verb

1. To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.