Labrador tea (Rhododendron tomentosum)   is important for the environment because it is a producer, and without producers all the animals would die. Because the reindeer and all the other herbivores would die because they don't have any food and the all of the carnivores would die  because they cant eat the herbivores. The labrador tea has adapted to be able to achieve photosynthesis in hard conditions, the dead leaves of the labrador tea are used for  warmth, when it is cold it forms a carpet like state and when its warm it stands straight up . Bees are the only bugs that can pollinate it because its flowers are  very poisonous.