Antarctic hair grass
deschampsia antarctica latin

Scientists have observed that Antarctic hair grass is colonizing areas of Antarctica where previously their survival range was limited.

There are only two species of flowering plant, Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort, but a range of mosses, liverworts, lichens and macrofungi.

Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).

Only two flowering plants inhabit continental Antartica, the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and the Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis).

Two flowering plants, Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort), are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula.

It was descriptively named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1991, following British Antarctic Survey ecological research, after the Antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica, which grows on the slopes near the point.

There are about 100 species of mosses and 25 species of liverworts), but only two species of flowering plants, both of which are found in the Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).

The two species of antarctic vascular plants, antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica (Figure 6.2) and antarctic pink Colobanthus quitensis, occur patchily on Antarctic Peninsula south to the Terra Firma Islands, and on the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands.

The Terra Firma islands are the southernmost point in the world where grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and flowers (Colobanthus quitensis) grow naturally.

Only two flowering plants inhabit continental Antartica, the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and the Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis).

Species richness is highest here of all the communities, with dominant species being Poa cookii, Azorella selago, Pringlea antiscorbutica, Acaena magellanica, and Deschampsia antarctica.

There are no trees or shrubs in Antarctica and just two species of indigenous vascular plants: Antarctic hairgrass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis).

Two flowering plants, Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort), are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Terrestrial biodiversity in the BAT is very limited; there are no terrestrial mammals or trees and only two flowering plants the Antarctic: hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis).

It was descriptively named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1991, following British Antarctic Survey ecological research, after the Antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica, which grows on the slopes near the point.

The former lists seven or eight subformations made up of algae, lichens and mosses in varying combinations; the latter includes only one subformation, involving the two antarctic flowering plants, the grass Deschampsia antarctica and the pink or pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis.

There are about 100 species of mosses and 25 species of liverworts), but only two species of flowering plants, both of which are found in the Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).

The two species of antarctic vascular plants, antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica (Figure 6.2) and antarctic pink Colobanthus quitensis, occur patchily on Antarctic Peninsula south to the Terra Firma Islands, and on the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands.

The higher rocky ground on the Atlantic Club Ridge, as well as on the hills surmounting Bulgarian Beach, is noted for its abundant bushy-grown lichens, while moss and Antarctic hair-grass (Deschampsia antarctica) communities thrive on the guano-enriched soil on top of larger rocks at the seaward hill feet.