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   What is the flora of Antarctica?

   • Antarctica's extant flora presently consists of around 250 lichens, 100 mosses, 25-30 liverworts, and around 700 terrestrial and aquatic algal species. Species of moss endemic to Antarctica include Grimmia antarctici, Schistidium antarctici, and Sarconeurum glaciale.

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   Are there flowering plants in Antarctica?

   • Although Antarctica is a cold, dry, and desolate place, life always finds a way. Currently, there are only two known species of flowering plants found on the continent: Antarctic hair grass ( Deschamsia antarctica) grows primarily in the Antarctic Peninsula in small, concentrated tufts throughout rocky areas.

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   How many species are in the Flora Antarctica?

   • The four parts of the Flora Antarctica total 6 volumes, describe about 3000 species, and contain 530 plates which depict 1095 of the species. They were published by Reeve Brothers in London between 1844 and 1849. The work was reprinted (in English) by the German publisher J. Cramer in Weinheim in 1963.

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   Can plants survive in Antarctica?

   • Currently, increasing sea levels pose a major a threat to Antarctic plants, especially those living in coastal regions. With the exception of algae and some lichens, most plants cannot survive in a high saline environment, and will simply begin to die back as the sea rises.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Antarctic_floraAntarctic flora - Wikipedia

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   Present-day flora. Antarctica's extant flora presently consists of around 250 lichens, 100 mosses, 25-30 liverworts, and around 700 terrestrial and aquatic algal species. Species of moss endemic to Antarctica include Grimmia antarctici, Schistidium antarctici, and Sarconeurum glaciale.

3. www.britannica.com › place › AntarcticaAntarctica - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems | Britannica

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   Antarctica - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: The cold desert climate of Antarctica supports only an impoverished community of cold-tolerant land plants that are capable of surviving lengthy winter periods of total or near-total darkness during which photosynthesis cannot take place.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Flora_AntarcticaFlora Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   The Flora Antarctica, or formally and correctly The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839–1843, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, is a description of the many plants discovered on the Ross expedition, which visited islands off the coast of the Antarctic continent, with a ...

   • Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker
   • Publication date: 1844–1859

   • Publish Year: 1843
   • Series: Monthly parts

6. oceanwide-expeditions.com › blog › the-plants-ofThe Plants of Antarctica - Oceanwide Expeditions

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   Highlights: Flora and fauna of Antarctic Peninsula. The plants of Antarctica. It seems an almost impossible feat for a plant to survive in Antarctica. Extremely cold temperatures, little sunlight and moisture, poor soil quality, and a short growing period have deterred most species of flora from successfully growing in this barren ecosystem.

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7. www.bas.ac.uk › about › antarcticaPlants - British Antarctic Survey

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   Marchantia is the most easily recognisable liverwort on the island. The large thallus is often visible on the peat banks of the lower parts of the streams. Dried specimens of most of the Antarctic and subantarctic flora can be found in the British Antarctic Survey’s herbarium.

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9. www.indefenseofplants.com › blog › 2018/11/5The Flora of Antarctica: Life on a Frozen Continent

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   Nov 8, 2018 · The flora of Antarctica proper consists of 2 flowering plant species, about 100 species of mosses, and roughly 30 species of liverwort. The largest of these are the flowering plants - a grass known as Antarctic hair grass ( Deschamsia antarctica ), and member of the pink family with a cushion-like growth habit called Antarctic pearlwort ...

10. www.nationalgeographic.org › encyclopedia › antarcticaAntarctica - National Geographic Society

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    Flora and Fauna Lichens, mosses, and terrestrial algae are among the few species of vegetation that grow in Antarctica. More of this vegetation grows in the northern and coastal regions of Antarctica, while the interior has little if any vegetation.