. The continent we live on. Physical geography; Natural history. â m P hi^'^'^^^B^^^I w u H 1^ M 1^1. Top to hotlotn: Arctic Cotton, a kind of sedge that bears puffball-like white flower clusters, is a surprising sight on the Barren Grounds. The flowers, fruits, berries, and seeds of many Arctic plants are often astonishingly colorful and exotic: for example, this specimen of a Silene from Bylot Island. The fruit of the Black Crawberry, an Arctic plant of dwarf stature, is eaten by animals but is highly caustic to humans. An exotic lichen. Such plants, forming a great part of the Arctic flora,

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. The continent we live on. Physical geography; Natural history. â m P hi^'^'^^^B^^^I w u H 1^ M 1^1. Top to hotlotn: Arctic Cotton, a kind of sedge that bears puffball-like white flower clusters, is a surprising sight on the Barren Grounds. The flowers, fruits, berries, and seeds of many Arctic plants are often astonishingly colorful and exotic: for example, this specimen of a Silene from Bylot Island. The fruit of the Black Crawberry, an Arctic plant of dwarf stature, is eaten by animals but is highly caustic to humans. An exotic lichen. Such plants, forming a great part of the Arctic flora, really consist of certain funguses and algae growing together as Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sanderson, Ivan Terence, 1911-1973. New York : Random House

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