One of the great things about early season mountain botany, is that when the plants aren't so lush you can enjoy looking at the bryophytes with fewer distractions! Two lovely ones here - Bryum alpinum and one of the Anthelia snow-bed liverworts 😍
April 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
One of the great things about early season mountain botany, is that when the plants aren't so lush you can enjoy looking at the bryophytes with fewer distractions! Two lovely ones here - Bryum alpinum and one of the Anthelia snow-bed liverworts 😍
Masonhalea richardsonii, known as the arctic tumbleweed, is a large vagrant species seen here in snowbed habitat within a tundra community near Ernie Lake on the southern slopes of the Brooks Range in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska
January 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Masonhalea richardsonii, known as the arctic tumbleweed, is a large vagrant species seen here in snowbed habitat within a tundra community near Ernie Lake on the southern slopes of the Brooks Range in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska
Parallel to other #SoilEcology project, we at the #AlpSoil_Lab of #EuracResearch started with the #SnowBed project to sample #SoilMesofauna in #alpine environment.
Late this year but it is sunny up there!
#SoilScience #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Mountains #EuropeanAlps #LTER
Late this year but it is sunny up there!
#SoilScience #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Mountains #EuropeanAlps #LTER
August 8, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Parallel to other #SoilEcology project, we at the #AlpSoil_Lab of #EuracResearch started with the #SnowBed project to sample #SoilMesofauna in #alpine environment.
Late this year but it is sunny up there!
#SoilScience #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Mountains #EuropeanAlps #LTER
Late this year but it is sunny up there!
#SoilScience #SoilBiology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Mountains #EuropeanAlps #LTER
Pleurocladula albescens (Snow Threadwort) 8.5.26 growing on Craig Leek near Braemar in the Cairngorms,a member of the snowbed bryophyte community ,I first seen it up on Beinn a'Bhuird in 2024 and again at Corrie na Sneachda in 2025 ,a lovely small liverwort @bbsbryology.bsky.social
May 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Pleurocladula albescens (Snow Threadwort) 8.5.26 growing on Craig Leek near Braemar in the Cairngorms,a member of the snowbed bryophyte community ,I first seen it up on Beinn a'Bhuird in 2024 and again at Corrie na Sneachda in 2025 ,a lovely small liverwort @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Andreaea nivalis (Snow Rock-moss) a lovely species associated with snowbed vegetation,here growing on upland Crags on Craig Rennet in Corrie fee at Glen Clova on 4.5.26 , nice bryo indeed @bbsbryology.bsky.social
May 25, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Andreaea nivalis (Snow Rock-moss) a lovely species associated with snowbed vegetation,here growing on upland Crags on Craig Rennet in Corrie fee at Glen Clova on 4.5.26 , nice bryo indeed @bbsbryology.bsky.social
#PaulaVicenç-Sabater will talk about the responses of the #clonal #sedge Carex nigra to disturbance by #grazing (today at 12:30 at The hidden half Session!). And #EstelaIlla will present a poster (P126, today at 16:30h!) on temporal dynamics and #stability of #snowbed communities (4/4)
June 25, 2026 at 9:19 AM
#PaulaVicenç-Sabater will talk about the responses of the #clonal #sedge Carex nigra to disturbance by #grazing (today at 12:30 at The hidden half Session!). And #EstelaIlla will present a poster (P126, today at 16:30h!) on temporal dynamics and #stability of #snowbed communities (4/4)
@geovegub.bsky.social is at #IAVS2026 this week with four talks and a poster on mire, snowbed and tundra vegetation!🌱🌾🪻🏔️ (1/4)
June 25, 2026 at 9:19 AM
@geovegub.bsky.social is at #IAVS2026 this week with four talks and a poster on mire, snowbed and tundra vegetation!🌱🌾🪻🏔️ (1/4)
GEOVEG is at @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social in Pontevedra! We are presenting a poster and three talks. #OriolLluch is presenting a poster on #snowbed vegetation changes after 20 years, #VíctorLecegui is presenting a talk about soil biodiversity in iberian mountain #wetlands (1/2)
June 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
GEOVEG is at @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social in Pontevedra! We are presenting a poster and three talks. #OriolLluch is presenting a poster on #snowbed vegetation changes after 20 years, #VíctorLecegui is presenting a talk about soil biodiversity in iberian mountain #wetlands (1/2)
And then Rudolph is busy living his superstar lifestyle, snowing himself on the snowbed in his garden all draped in his reindeer bling, and he's absolutely not standing for DinoKaren's judgement, especially not while she's busy trying to break into his house using stolen Christmas magic!
December 21, 2024 at 7:35 PM
And then Rudolph is busy living his superstar lifestyle, snowing himself on the snowbed in his garden all draped in his reindeer bling, and he's absolutely not standing for DinoKaren's judgement, especially not while she's busy trying to break into his house using stolen Christmas magic!
The Raven Snowpatch has yielded a lot of ground in the last week. Shoots popping up at its foot in the damp melted-off snowbed.
March 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The Raven Snowpatch has yielded a lot of ground in the last week. Shoots popping up at its foot in the damp melted-off snowbed.
Bright golden patches of the moss Sphagnum auriculatum in a darker grey Anthelia julacea (liverwort) montane flush surrounded by snowbed grassland in the Cairngorms, Scotland, a few days ago. National Vegetation Classification (NVC) communities: flush = M31; snowbed grassland = U7a.
July 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Bright golden patches of the moss Sphagnum auriculatum in a darker grey Anthelia julacea (liverwort) montane flush surrounded by snowbed grassland in the Cairngorms, Scotland, a few days ago. National Vegetation Classification (NVC) communities: flush = M31; snowbed grassland = U7a.
Despite high phenological plasticity, snowbed specialists may face competitive pressure from better adapted species. Internal-clock-driven senescence timing could limit their ability to benefit from longer growing seasons.
December 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Despite high phenological plasticity, snowbed specialists may face competitive pressure from better adapted species. Internal-clock-driven senescence timing could limit their ability to benefit from longer growing seasons.
Climate change advances snowmelt timing, threatening specialized plant communities in alpine snowbeds. Our 3-year study investigates snowbed communities at two LTER sites in the Italian Alps, combining high-resolution microclimate data, phenological monitoring & phenocams 🏔️
Phenological responses of alpine snowbed communities to advancing snowmelt
Our study investigates the phenological responses of five typical snowbed species to advancing snowmelt using in situ monitoring, phenocam imagery and predictive modelling. Over 3 years, we found tem....
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December 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Climate change advances snowmelt timing, threatening specialized plant communities in alpine snowbeds. Our 3-year study investigates snowbed communities at two LTER sites in the Italian Alps, combining high-resolution microclimate data, phenological monitoring & phenocams 🏔️
Habt ihr euch schon einmal gefragt, wie der Klimawandel in Zukunft die phänologische Entwicklung hochalpiner Pflanzen beeinflussen wird? 🏔️🌿
Unsere neue Studie zeigt mithilfe von Schneetälchen-Arten und Phenocams die Auswirkungen einer vorzeitigen Schneeschmelze auf alpine Pflanzen ❄️🌼
Unsere neue Studie zeigt mithilfe von Schneetälchen-Arten und Phenocams die Auswirkungen einer vorzeitigen Schneeschmelze auf alpine Pflanzen ❄️🌼
Phenological responses of alpine snowbed communities to advancing snowmelt
Our study investigates the phenological responses of five typical snowbed species to advancing snowmelt using in situ monitoring, phenocam imagery and predictive modelling. Over 3 years, we found tem....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 16, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Habt ihr euch schon einmal gefragt, wie der Klimawandel in Zukunft die phänologische Entwicklung hochalpiner Pflanzen beeinflussen wird? 🏔️🌿
Unsere neue Studie zeigt mithilfe von Schneetälchen-Arten und Phenocams die Auswirkungen einer vorzeitigen Schneeschmelze auf alpine Pflanzen ❄️🌼
Unsere neue Studie zeigt mithilfe von Schneetälchen-Arten und Phenocams die Auswirkungen einer vorzeitigen Schneeschmelze auf alpine Pflanzen ❄️🌼
It snowbed today :3 it's soft, first time seeing it too! I eated some
January 19, 2026 at 5:45 AM
It snowbed today :3 it's soft, first time seeing it too! I eated some
Fen, grassland, bracken, wood-pasture, lake, river, forest, bog, heath, snowbed, scree, boulders… and all manner of ecotonal systems…
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Fen, grassland, bracken, wood-pasture, lake, river, forest, bog, heath, snowbed, scree, boulders… and all manner of ecotonal systems…
Interested in Alpine plants or mountain science in the Northeastern U.S.? Check out our recent publication in Conservation Science and Practice on snowbed communities!
The Society for Conservation Biology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Society for Conservation Biology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Refugia or at risk? Alpine snowbank communities in the face of climate change
We used a literature review of the alpine snowbank communities of the Presidential Range of New Hampshire, USA as an model system for applying the climate change refugia conservation cycle framework ...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Interested in Alpine plants or mountain science in the Northeastern U.S.? Check out our recent publication in Conservation Science and Practice on snowbed communities!
The Society for Conservation Biology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Society for Conservation Biology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Oh a snowbed, how original!
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March 30, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Oh a snowbed, how original!
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Leaf of snowbed willow, under a microscope
January 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Leaf of snowbed willow, under a microscope