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Are there any plants in Antarctica?

BBC Wildlife

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May 2024

CONTINENTS DON'T COME ANY MORE inhospitable than Antarctica, where life must contend with the longest, darkest, coldest winters and a year-round blanket of snow and ice.

Are there any plants in Antarctica?

There are certainly no trees in the frozen south, or even shrubs. On the Antarctic mainland, there are just two native species of flowering plant. Both occur only on the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the most northerly, warmest and wettest part of the continent.

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