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Arctic Meadow-rue
Thalictrum alpinum
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FACT: A perennial plant, growing up to 20-25 cm. The slender, elongated and leafless stalk bears yellow or purple flowers.
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Graphic by Thøgersen&Stouby | Mike Penningtonwww.thogersen-stouby.dk/
Thalictrum alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names alpine meadow-rue[1][2] and arctic meadow-rue. It is native to Arcticand alpine regions of North America and Eurasia, including Alaska, northern Canada, and Greenland, and it occurs in cold, wet, boggy habitats in high mountains farther south. Alpine meadow-rue is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing up to 5 to 25 cm (2 to 10 in) tall. The […] read more
Dwarf Birch
Betula nana
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FACT: The Dwarf birch was one of the first “trees” to grow on the bare soil after the ice disappeared.
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Betula nana, the dwarf birch,[2] is a species of birch in the family Betulaceae, found mainly in the tundra of the Arctic region. It is a monoecious shrub growing up to 1–1.2 m high. The bark is non-peeling and shiny red-copper colored.[3] The leaves are rounded, 6–20 mm diameter, with a bluntly toothed margin. The leaves are a darker green on their upper surface. Leaf growth occurs after snow […] read more
Dwarf Willow
Salix polaris
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FACT: One of the worlds smallest willows. They can reach a very high age. The willow almost crawls along the ground to avoid direct cold.
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Salix polaris, the polar willow, is a species of willow with a circumpolar distribution in the high arctic tundra, extending north to the limits of land, and south of the Arctic in the mountains of Norway, the northern Ural Mountains, the northern Altay Mountains, Kamchatka, and British Columbia, Canada.[1][2][3][4] One of the smallest willows in the world, it is a prostrate, creeping dwarf shrub, only 2–9 cm (0.79–3.54 in) high, and […] read more
Mountain Avens
Dryas octopetala 
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FACT: A frugal plant. It takes 10 years from seed germination until it blossoms.
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Graphic by Thøgersen&Stouby | Muriel Bendelwww.thogersen-stouby.dk/
Dryas octopetala (common names include mountain avens,[1] eightpetal mountain-avens, white dryas, and white dryad) is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant in the familyRosaceae. It is a small prostrate evergreen subshrub forming large colonies. The specific epithet octopetala derives from the Greek octo (eight) and petalon (petal), referring to the eight petals of the flower, an unusual number in the Rosaceae, where five is the normal number. However, flowers with up to 16 petals also occur naturally. Dryas octopetala has […] read more
Wolverine
Gulo gulo 
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FACT: The Wolverine of the Ice Age was in size as a medium size dog and resembles a bear. The males were about 1/3 longer than the females and could weigh twice as much.
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The wolverine (/ˈwʊlvəriːn/) (also spelled wolverene), Gulo gulo (Gulo is Latin for “glutton“), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids. A solitary animal,[1]it has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey […] read more
Saiga Antelope
Saiga tatarica 
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FACT: The Saiga antelope live in large herds. Their funny-looking nose heats the cold air in the winter and filters dust in the summer.
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The saiga antelope (/ˈsaɪɡə/, Saiga tatarica) is a critically endangered antelope that originally inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe zone from the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and Caucasus into Dzungaria and Mongolia. They also lived in Beringian North America during the Pleistocene. Today, the dominant subspecies (S. t. tatarica) is only found in one location in Russia (in The Republic of Kalmykia) and three areas in Kazakhstan (the Ural, Ustiurt and Betpak-Dala populations). A proportion of the Ustiurt […] read more