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The climate of Antarctica does not allow extensive vegetation to form. A combination of freezing temperatures, poor soil quality, lack of moisture, and lack of sunlight inhibit plant growth. As a result, the diversity of plant life is very low and limited in distribution. The flora of the continent largely consists of bryophytes. 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).
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∙ 9y agoThe climate of Antarctica does not allow extensive vegetation to form. A combination of freezing temperatures, poor soil quality, lack of moisture, and lack of sunlight inhibit plant growth. As a result, the diversity of plant life is very low and limited in distribution. The flora of the continent largely consists of bryophytes. 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). Growth is restricted to a few weeks in the summer.
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What are the flowering plants of the arctic tundra?
Antarctic pearlwort and Antarctic hair grass
What plants are in Antarctica's sea?
One of the plants in the Antarctic sea is seaweed.
Where could you find flowering plants?
You can find flowering plants on every continent. There are two growing in Antarctica (Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort.
What type of plants live in the Antarctic?
There are two grasses that grow on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Otherwise, there are no plants on the continent: it's too cold.
What are the plants in Antarctica?
only some vegatation can be found such as fungi, moss,lichens and liverwort and some types of algae. There are two native vascular species of plant, the Antarctic Hairgrass and the Antarctic pearlwort
What is a flowering plant of the Antarctic?
There are two species of flowering plants, both of which are found in the Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica(Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
Does the Antarctic have a flowering plant?
There are two species of flowering plants, both of which are found in the Antarctic Peninsula: Deschampsia antarctica(Antarctic hair grass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).
Are their plants in Antarctica?
yes, there are undersea plants and a little bit of mossyes there are plants in Antarctic there is fungi,lichen and grass
What do Antarctic plants compete for?
they compete for sunlight and nutrients in the ground
What are the different plants on Antarctic Peninsula?
Two types of grasses grow on the warm side -- the Western side of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Are there blooming flowers in the Antarctic?
Yes. There are two flowering plants, Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort. Very little vegetation grows on Antarctica, mostly mosses and liverworts, and these exist on the warmest area, the Antarctic Peninsula.
How many herbivores in the Antarctic?
None. There are no plants there, it's all ice.
