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Mountain Avens, (dryas octopetala) on dry arctic limestone ground, Svalbard
Year:
2011
Taken by:
Peter Prokosch
Dryas is the name given to a series of cold climatic phases in Northwest Europe between 16,000 BP - 10,000 BP. Dryas III is better known as The Big Freeze. The cold phases are so named because Dyrus octopetala flourished at this time and is now used as a fossil indicator of those periods.
Dryas octopetala has a widespread occurrence throughout mountainous areas where it is generally restricted to limestone outcrops. These include the entire Arctic, as well as the mountains of Scandinavia, the Alps, and other Eurasian mountain regions.
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