Fascinating adaptaptions of alpine wildflowers combating harsh mountain environmental extremes!

Huricane force winds, extreme cold, dehydration, poor soils, uv radation, and intense sunlight challenge the survival of alpine wildflowers. Alpine plants display a fascinating array of adaptations to survive in the swiss Alps. This episode is filmed on location of a trail from San Bernardino, Switzerland in the Canton of Grisons or Graubruden. I describe and explain the myriad of adaptions to over come wind, cold, dehydration and uv radiation. There are so many fascinating adaptations to survival in the high mountains. I specifically point out the adaptations of Saxifrage as well as Edelweis.

Photo attributions:

Saxifrage: purple
Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Saxifrage: White and yellow
Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Saxifrage: large purple
Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Saxifrage White growing in rock
Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons