Purple Saxifrage
Photographer: Stan Beesley
Hatibas.org
A National Museums Northern Ireland Website
This is one of Northern Ireland's rarest plants, confined entirely to the high mountain clif READ MORE http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/species.asp...
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...
Arctic Flowers
Anthropolis.com
1,500 Species Cling To Arctic Land
The Arctic landscape may appear rather desolate or barren, with vegetation that is sparsely distributed and only growing to a READ MORE http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-flowers.htm
The Arctic is one of the coldest deserts on earth. Plants grow close to the ground and each other, have shallow roots, and include the Arctic willow shrub, lichen and moss.