Alpine flora in Aragon. Vegetables, plants. Vegetal kingdom. Flora.

When spring arrives and the snow melts in the lower part of the high Pyrenees, a variety of brightly colored flowers emerge on the ground of meadows and forests.

• The origin of these alpine flowers dates back to the Tertiary period and there are kinship relationships between the species that populate the mountains of the old continent.
• Its current distribution has been subject to the climatic changes that occurred in the Quaternary era. There was, without a doubt, already in the Tertiary period an alpine flora restricted to an altitude higher than the current one, which in the Pyrenees must have been above 3,000 m.
• The advance of ice across the continent gave rise to the invasion of arctic species that mixed with alpine species, and with similar biological characteristics ended up living together.
• The type of soil, the orientation of the valleys and the presence of microhabitats and microclimates has also allowed the penetration into the alpine zone of certain Central European species from steppe areas. Thus, the soil of the high mountains is like a mosaic of species of diverse origin but whose common characteristic is undoubtedly its extraordinary beauty.
• A particular case is Cerastium alpinun, which is found in the Pyrenees and the Alps, but has also been located at 83º 24' N latitude in Greenland, in the northernmost botanical locality of the Earth.
• The high mountains in many cases constitute an island. When the Pyrenees are observed from one of their passes or peaks, the sea of clouds that cover the valleys reveals this geographical isolation to which the high mountains are subjected, for example, the Pyrenean saffron (Merendera pyrenaica) and the water saxifrage are two species endemic to the Pyrenees.
• Let's go back to the plants that sprout when the snow melts. Among these are the spring snowdrops (Leucojum vernum), the snowdrops (Galamthus nivalis), the primroses (Primula) and the wind flowers (Pulsatilla). The wind flower (Pulsatilla alpina) is one of those that blooms when there are still traces of snow and the ground is covered with crushed grasses moistened by the snow that has just melted. Its name of wind flower has been given to it because of the characteristic appearance that the fruits offer when they have lost their flower.
• Companying the previous ones are two other pulsatillas, the Pulsatilla sulphurea, and the Pulsatilla vernalis. Another common species of high mountain spring is the small alpine bellflower, Soldanella alpina. The name Soldanella refers to the circular shape of the basal leaves.
• In the areas near the shepherds' huts where the cattle contribute nutrients to the soil with their excrement, numerous species are found. Some, despite their beauty, pose a certain danger, and can be fatal in some cases. Three of these species, the common aconite or napelos, the antora and the wolfsbane, attract visitors to the National Parks for the beauty of their flowers and it is not unusual to see how some hikers carry bouquets of these poisonous plants in their backpacks.

Other Information of interest

• Classification of Vegetables.
• Protophytes.
• Esquizophytes.
• Monadophytes.
• Conjugated.
• Diatomeas.
• Talofitas.
• Seaweed.
  • Red seaweed.
  • Brown seaweed.
  • Green seaweed.
• Fungi.
• Lichens.
• Carmofitas.
  • Briophytes.
  • Pteridophytes.
  • Phanerogams.
    • Gymnosperms.
    • Angiosperms.
      • Dicotyledons.
      • Monocotyledons.

Vegetation in Aragon.

• Vegetation in the Province of Teruel.
• Alpine Flora.
• The Forest.
• The Trees.
• Classification of the Trees.
• The Oak.
• The Vegetal Kingdom.
• Bibliography on Flora.
• Glossary on Flora.
• It observes the flora.

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