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Sweden · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
What rare plant, a relict from the last ice age, grows only on the calcium-rich soils of specific Swedish mountains?
Answer: Lapland rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) — The Lapland rosebay is an Arctic-alpine relict from the last glaciation, found in only a handful of locations in northernmost Swedish Lapland.
- A Arctic buttercup
- B Glacier buttercup
- C Mountain avens
- D Lapland rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum) ✓
The Lapland rosebay is an Arctic-alpine relict from the last glaciation, found in only a handful of locations in northernmost Swedish Lapland.