Article: alpine plants

Article: China Succeeds in Massive Transplantation of Alpine ...
Xinhua English Newswire;  April 27, 1999 ;     565 words ... ... in their massive transplantation of alpine plants at the China '99 Kunming International ... October. "The survival rate of the alpine plants we have migrated to the Grand Greenhouse ... record of such massive migration of alpine plants in the world as it requires strict ...

Article: The protection of Swiss alpine plants.(Alpaflor ...
Global Cosmetic Industry;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of the Swiss Alps. These rare Swiss alpine plants, found at higher than normal elevations ... extraction and isolation of these rare Swiss alpine plants to produce exclusive, high-quality ... Swiss Research Institute for Swiss Alpine Plants in the Valais and constitute an integral ...

Article: Pictorial guide to alpine plants. ...
Sunset;  February 1, 2003 ;     525 words ... ... arid scree-covered slopes. These are America's native alpine plants. When Graham Nicholls, a British nurseryman specializing ... about them yet. So he did, and quite successfully too--Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from ...

Article: Rock and a hard place; Our wet climate doesn't always suit them, ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... the most tempting to get into. Alpine plants don't just come from the Alps ... even South Africa all have their alpine plants. True alpines come from above ... balcony garden. But remember, alpine plants are habit-forming.

Article: Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of ...
Northeastern Naturalist;  January 1, 2005 ;     398 words ...Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska. Graham Nicholls. 2002. Timber Press, Inc ...

Article: Alpine plants under threat.(machine grading and ...
Geographical;  July 1, 2005 ;     588 words ...SWITZERLAND Delicate Alpine plants are under threat from machine grading and artificial snow production, according to ecologists who studied 12 Swiss ski resorts ...

Article: Migrating Alpine plants claim the high ground
The Independent - London;  June 9, 1994 ;     506 words ...ALPINE plants have had enough of global warming. Many have uprooted and moved to higher and cooler slopes over the past 90 years, scientists ...