Polar alpine plants

Japanese: 極地高山植物群 - きょくちこうざんしょくぶつぐん
Polar alpine plants

…Today, they remain in temperate regions and are distributed in isolation. In their place, a group of plants called glacial or polar alpine plants has differentiated and expanded its distribution area mainly to areas dominated by cold climates. This group of plants is sometimes called the Dryas flora after its representative plant, Dryas octopetala L. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "polar alpine plants" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…今日では,それらのものが温帯地域に残存し,隔離的に分布している。これらの植物群に代わって,氷河植物群または極地高山植物群と呼ばれる植物群が分化し,その分布域を寒冷気候が支配する地域を中心に拡大した。この植物群は,その代表的植物のチョウノスケソウDryas octopetala L.の名をかりてドリアス植物群Dryas floraと呼ばれることもある。…

※「極地高山植物群」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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