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Alpine plants occur in a tundra: a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees. Alpine tundra occurs in mountains worldwide. It transitions to subalpine forests below the tree line; stunted forests occurring at the forest-tundra ecotone are known as Krummholz.
An alpinum adjacent to the King's House on Schachen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. An alpine garden (or alpinarium, alpinum) is a domestic or botanical garden, or more often a part of a larger garden, specializing in the collection and cultivation of alpine plants growing naturally at high altitudes around the world, such as in the Caucasus, Pyrenees, Rocky Mountains, Alps, Himalayas and ...
Koenigia alpina (synonym Aconogonon alpinum), [1] commonly known as alpine knotweed, [2] is similar to Koenigia alaskana, but differs in leaf size and achene characteristics. [3] It is native to Europe and temperate Asia. [1] It is one of the parents of the cultivated hybrid Koenigia × fennica, the other being Koenigia weyrichii. [4] [5]
Alpine plants that live within that community; Flora of the Alps This page was last edited on 11 February 2022, at 20:20 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Veronica alpina, the alpine speedwell or alpine veronica, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Veronica, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, most of Europe, parts of Siberia, northern Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Tibet. [2]
Thalictrum alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names alpine meadow-rue [1] [2] and arctic meadow-rue.It is native to Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Eurasia, including Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland, and it occurs in cold, wet, boggy habitats in high mountains farther south.
Aquilegia alpina, often called the alpine columbine or breath of God, [5] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the western and central Alps. [4] Though rare in its Swiss, Austrian, and Italian range, it is commonly found in the French Maritime Alps .
Campanula alpestris, the alpine bellflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. [1] It is native to the southwestern European Alps. [2]The generic name (Campanula) comes from the shape of a bell flower; in particular, the word comes from Latin and means: small bell.