Sub Alpine Plants

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Excerpt from Sub-Alpine Plants, or Flowers of the Swiss Woods and Meadows In the first chapter it is explained that owing to overlapping, a large number Of species characteristic Of the sub-alpine regions are also found in the higher pastures and that many others, Of which not a few are British plants, descend to the plains. NO book on the subject would be at all representative if both series were not included. When not otherwise stated, every plant described is believed to be perennial. In the case Of a few species short cultural notes are given; while there is a general chapter on the culti vation Of Alpine plants. The heights given in the text refer more especially to the Swiss Alps, though sometimes I have given the approximate altitudinal limits Of certain species as Observed by myself in other mountain ranges. Naturally in Britain, Scandinavia, etc., most Of the Alpine plants common to those countries and Switzerland ourish at much lower elevations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

In this book, plant biology is considered from the perspective of plants and their surrounding environment, including both biotic and abiotic interactions. The intended audience is undergraduate students in the middle or final phases of their programs of study. Topics are developed to provide a rudimentary understanding of how plant-environment interactions span multiple spatiotemporal scales, and how this rudimentary knowledge can be applied to understand the causes of ecosystem vulnerabilities in the face of global climate change and expansion of natural resource use by human societies. In all chapters connections are made from smaller to larger scales of ecological organization, providing a foundation for understanding plant ecology. Where relevant, environmental threats to ecological systems are identified and future research needs are discussed. As future generations take on the responsibility for managing ecosystem goods and services, one of the most effective resources that can be passed on is accumulated knowledge of how organisms, populations, species, communities and ecosystems function and interact across scales of organization. This book is intended to provide some of that knowledge, and hopefully provide those generations with the ability to avoid some of the catastrophic environmental mistakes that prior generations have made.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...and running down into a long leaf-stalk, the upper leaves lanceolate or ovate, acute sessile with a cordate amplexicaul base. Umbel 5-6 branched, general involucre 3-5 leaved, partial involucre 5-7 leaved; bracts ovate or elliptical, shortly apiculate. Ridges of the fruit narrow and furrows small. Rocks and stony places in the Alps and sub-Alps up to 5000 feet. Distribution.--Eastern, Central, and Western Europe. Bupleurum ranunculoides L. An extremely variable species, subdivided into several subspecies and varieties and varying in height from 2 inches to a foot. Stem leafy and more or less branched. Radical leaves ovate or cordate; other leaves linear or linear-lanceolate. Partial involucre often twice as long as umbel, but very variable. The commonest species, and growing in hot, sub-alpine valleys, such as the Rhone Valley, up to rocky pastures and cols at an elevation of over 8500 feet. Distribution.--Eastern, Central, and Western Alps; Pyrenees; Central Europe from Spain to Bosnia. Athamanta L. Athamanta cretensis L. Stem erect or ascending, terete, furrowed, simple, or branched, either downy or glabrous, there being two distinct forms of this plant which Dr. Briquet has distinguished. Leaves tri-to multipinnate; lobes linear or linear-lanceolate. Umbels 1-5 rayed; general involucre few-leaved, deciduous, or wanting; partial involucre many-leaved; bracts lanceolate, apiculate, membranous with an herbaceous centre. Flowers white, often tinged with red. Cremocarp densely covered with short, spreading hairs. Variable in size and pubescence according to situation. Rocky and stony places in limestone mountains. June to August. Seen by writer up to 8500 feet in Savoy. Distribution.--Carpathians, Jura, Eastern, Central, and Western Alps....