Saxifraga nivalis
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Saxifraga nivalis is a species of saxifrage
. It is commonly called Snow Saxifrage or (ambiguously) "alpine saxifrage
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Found on irrigated rocks or open vegetation in shaded sites, often on mountain ledges and crags with base rich substratum. This species is not very tolerant of competition and so is found in damp crevasses where it survives in small pockets. S. nivalis is a perennial species which has been found to set seed in Scotland but not in Cumbria where the populations are small and threatened.
This species is also found in northern Germany, Asia, eastern North America and Greenland
.
Saxifrage
Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 440 species of Holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages. The Latin word saxifraga means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin + ...
. It is commonly called Snow Saxifrage or (ambiguously) "alpine saxifrage
Alpine saxifrage
Alpine saxifrage can refer to different plants:* In Eurasia, it usually means Saxifraga nivalis * In North America, it usually means Saxifraga nidifica , see Saxifraga...
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Found on irrigated rocks or open vegetation in shaded sites, often on mountain ledges and crags with base rich substratum. This species is not very tolerant of competition and so is found in damp crevasses where it survives in small pockets. S. nivalis is a perennial species which has been found to set seed in Scotland but not in Cumbria where the populations are small and threatened.
This species is also found in northern Germany, Asia, eastern North America and Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
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