The Alpine landscape is characterized by high spatiotemporal heterogeneity in
environmental variables, such as climate and soil characteristics. This may lead to divergent …

Populations of rare and endemic plants are often small and fragmented, and they face
numerous threats to their persistence. Many of these species exhibit lower levels of genetic …

Geum radiatum is a federally endangered high-elevation rock-outcrop endemic herb that is
widely recognized as a hexaploid and a relic species. Little is known about G. radiatum …

Premise of the study: We developed new microsatellite primers for the alpine bellflower
Campanula scheuchzeri. Allelic polymorphisms will be used to study differentiation along …

Geum geniculatum (Rosaceae), bent avens, is a perennial herb restricted to the high
elevations of three mountaintops near the North Carolina/Tennessee border (USA) …

Geum radiatum Michx,(Rosaceae), commonly known as Spreading Avens or Appalachia
Avens, is a rare Appalachian endemic perennial herb found on high-elevation rock-outcrops …