07+-+Plants


 * || Plants of Antarctica



Moss - on the better drained, stony slopes of the Antarctic Peninsula, mosses build up to a deep peat - as much as six and one half feet deep and 5,000 years old! ||

Lichen - more than 350 species of lichens are known. They grow rapidly in Antarctica because there is little competition from mosses or flowering plants which lack the high tolerance of draught and cold seen in the lichens. ||
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Grass - also found on the Antarctic Peninsula. There are two species of flowering plants that grow on the peninsula - Antarctic hair grass and the Antarctic Pearlwort are the only two flowering plants, which grow south of 60° latitude. ||