Sibbaldia: the Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture 9: 79-96.
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Sibbaldia tridentata (Solander) Paule & Sojak Sorbus groenlandica (Schneider) A.
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Sibbaldia procumbens L.
cusickii, or both, 2.7%), mountain laurel (Kalmia polifolia, 2.5%),
sibbaldia (
Sibbaldia procumbens, 2.4%), and alpine pussytoes (Antennaria media, 2.3%).
In the Pamirs,
Sibbaldia decumbens (Rosaceae) forms large cushions of up to 600 different individuals that, as an additional adaptation to an extremely dry climate, can store up to five or six times their own weight of water.
The plant assemblage of these moist, but well-drained, meadows is characterized by glacier lilies, smooth woodrush (Luzula hitchcockii), sedges (Carex spp.), creeping
sibbaldia (
Sibbaldia procumbens), and western St.
Aster laevis
Sibbaldia procumbens Senecio triangularis Epilobium alpinum Hypericum formosum
There are a few sheltered herb slopes with low arctic species such as Botrychium lunaria, Thalictrum alpinum,
Sibbaldia procumbens, Gentiana tenella, and Taraxacum brachyceras.
Such time lags may explain, in part, why snow accumulation associated with road construction in Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado) enhanced the abundances of generalist alpine species (Geum rossii and Artemisia scopulorum) rather than snowbed specialists (e.g., Ranunculus adoneus, Sibbaldia procumbens; Bell and Bliss 1979).
We compare the responses of six coexisting alpine plant species, Artemisia scopulorum (Asteraceae), Geum rossii and Sibbaldia procumbens (Rosaceae), Trifolium parryi (Fabaceae), Ranunculus adoneus (Ranunculaceae), and Poa alpina (Poaceae) to an environmental factor that varies dramatically along latitudinal, elevational, and emergence gradients: growing-season length.
For this study we monitored abundances of the six most common species: Ranunculus adoneus, Sibbaldia procumbens, Geum rossii (synonymous with Acomostylis rossii), Trifolium parryi, Artemisia scopulorum, and Poa alpina.
Biological flora of the British Isles:
Sibbaldia procumbens L.