Surprisingly, Paneveggio plants are themselves closer to Turchino than to other Alpine populations. #GeneticDiversity #PlantEvolution #AlpineFlora 6/9

However, Turchino plants are genetically closer to populations in the central-eastern Alps, especially Paneveggio (Trentino Dolomites), than to nearby Italian populations... #PlantEvolution #AlpineFlora 5/9

For almost 40 years, plants in this small Ligurian Apennine area, between Passo del Turchino (588 m) and Bric del Dente (1109 m), were identified as Tephroseris balbisiana (DC.) Holub, an endemic of the Ligurian & Maritime Alps (France & Italy).
#AlpineFlora #Endemics #Botany 2/9

This species reaches its optimum in the alpine vegetation belt, often ascending into the nival zone and more rarely descending into the subalpine belt. In Liguria it is very rare (only two sites) and threatened by climate change. #botany #alpineflora #climatechange 2/2

Silver Thistle

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Upon seeing goldencrest for the very first time: "it's like edelweiss!" Ain't it? #atlanticcoastalplainflora #alpineflora #tomentose

El día 9 del #summeralpschallenge 🌸✨. Vi el trend hace un día y no podía quedarme atrás 😈🛐

#NatureArt #BotanicalIllustration #AlpineFlora #DrawingChallenge #ArtistOnTwitter #SummerArt

Our little camp is complete (there are 2 more sites). Here we will measure effects of winter warming on plant species composition in the unique Teesdale flora. Photo N. Roth @MoorHouseNNR @BolinCentre @Stockholm_Uni @DurhamIAS @LandscapeSthlm #teesdale #alpineflora #biodiversity