Antarctic hair grass
by Heather Angel and associates
Natural Visions
Antarctic hair grass, Deschampsia Antarctica, is one of only two flowering plants that grow along the western Antarctic Peni READ MORE http://www.naturalvisions.co.uk/imagedetail.aspx...
Plants of the Arctic and Antarctic
by Jessica Fries-Gaither
Polar Plants - Issue 12, March 2009
When we think of the word "plants" we typically picture trees, bushes, grasses, and ferns - so-ca READ MORE http://beyondpenguins.nsdl.org/issue/column.php...
Geozu: Photo - Antarctic Lichen
Lichens would have to be one of most underrated of nature's little miracles. In the sub-Antarctic, lichen adds vivid splashes of yellow, green and orange in an envir READ MORE http://www.geozu.com/album/lichen.htm
The Antarctic is one of the coldest deserts on earth. There are plants that inhabit the area; Antarctic plants include several varieties of lichens, mosses, fungi, liverwort and algae.