Description and General Information:
Purple mountain saxifrage, S. oppositifolia, has a holarctic distribution, found on high-alpine mountaintops as well as the high Arctic tundra.
Selected Articles From Our Quarterly Publications
Excitement builds every winter as I plan my annual natural history foray to a part of the county where I’ve never been before. This terra incognita of mine gradually fills in as I delve into plant notes that I’ve accumulated over the decades along with the wealth of online photos and information (usually accurate but often wanting) about the region’s vegetation, geology, and climate.
The Alps consist of different rocks. The south, north, and western Alps are calcareous, while the central Alps are acidic rock. From a botanical point of view, the northern Limestone Alps, located...
This past November, NARGS received a donation from the North American Heather Society. While it was unexpected and much appreciated, its reason was rather sad: it was due to the dissolution of the...
Introduction I can’t speak for others, but I’ve had a lifetime of grappling emotionally and intellectually with the Victorian era, and have had to personally confront my inner Victorian in recent...
