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Plants

Algae

Green algae growing on soil

Recently tipped iceberg brown with algae.

Micrograph of phytoplankton

Microscopic image of coccolithophorid

Kelp

Ship on horizon with kelp on beach

Washed up bull kelp

Rock stack with kelp

Bull kelp holdfast

Lichens

Lichens on Heard Island

Flat black circular lichen on rock

Yellow lichen and black moss on rocks

Orange lichen on icy rocks

Lichen on the rocks near Casey station

Lichen covered ventifacts on Heard Island.

Yellow and black lichen on round rock

Mosses and liverworts

Moss on rocks at Robinson Ridge

Undulating mossy turf

Moss among rocks

A patchwork of moss and snow

A clump of moss

Snow algae

Red algae in the snow

Green algae (chlorophyta) on ice, Odbert Island

Red algae in melt stream

Algae on ice creating green and brown stripey bands with mountains in background

Electron microscope image of snow algae

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This page was last updated on 17 August 2016.

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