A vegetation community is the plants that grow in a certain area, which depends on the kind of soil, climate, and disturbance processes like fire and animal grazing. Vegetation is the basis for wildlife habitat, and the source of all ecosystem productivity, which provides food resources for people and animals in the ecosystem. In the Park there are two main types of vegetation communities: tundra and boreal forest. Within each of these communities, there are important vegetation types like shrub thickets and wetlands.