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Ice Edge Flower Pockets
A huge ice sheet once covered most of a mountain slope. In a few small bare-rock pockets near the sea, some plants survived while others died.
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In the picture
- The thick white ice sheet.
- The left small green rock pocket with violet flowers.
- The right small green rock pocket with violet flowers.
- The dark blue sea at the shoreline.
- A wilted plant lying at the waterline.
Examples
- A violet that grows only on one mountain slope.
- A moss that lives only on one island cliff.
Key takeaways
- Ice sheets can remove plants from large areas.
- Small ice-free spots can let a few plants survive and become unique to that place.
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