NOUN
- creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
How To Use Dryas octopetala In A Sentence
- The dwarf scrub communities are dominated by crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) and include other ericads (Vaccinium spp.), arctic willow (Salix arctica), and white mountain-avens (Dryas octopetala). Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
- Such an effect was demonstrated for mountain avens ( '' Dryas octopetala '') on Svalbard during a warm period in early winter [78] (see previous subsection on projected temperature responses). Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation
- Polar semi-desert dominated by mountain avens ( '' Dryas octopetala ''), Ny Ålesund, Svalbard. Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on structure of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term
- The dwarf scrub communities are dominated by crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) and include other ericads (Vaccinium spp.), arctic willow (Salix arctica), and white mountain-avens (Dryas octopetala). Alaska Peninsula montane taiga