Alpine plants, fragile and adapted to live in a limited ecosystem, may be the canary in the coal mine of climate change.

Non-forest alpine plant communities exist on 11 of the Adirondack’s highest peaks, comprising a total of only 85 acres. Here, scattered amongst exposed rock surfaces encrusted with a wide variety of ...

The cultivation of alpine plants has a long tradition in Innsbruck. Anton Kerner von Marilaun was Professor of Natural History at the University of Innsbruck from 1860-1878. In 1875, he established ...

Alpines such as conifers and creeping plants hail from exposed, challenging habitats, making them hardy choices for UK gardens ...

These gardens are not just for show — they're an important ecosystem and conservation project dedicated to protecting over 3,000 different types of alpine plant species, which is why the gardens ...

In July, the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan was officially listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 14 years after the Center for ...

Botany: Since 2007, I have been working on the taxonomy, ecology, and biology of tropical alpine vegetation. Vegetation in these ecosystems presents adaptations that allow it to survive in harsh, ...

The temporal and spatial snow cover dynamics is the primary factor controlling the plant communities' composition and biogeochemical cycles in arctic and alpine tundra. However, the relationships ...

Alpine Garden- Preserve Indigenous Culture and Native Plants by Z'scape is the public vote winner for the landscape project category of Dezeen Awards 2021. Public vote winner for landscape project ...