"The cold desert climate of Antarctica supports only an impoverished community of cold-tolerant land plants that are capable of surviving lengthy winter periods of total or near-total darkness during which photosynthesis cannot take place...Antarctic plants total about 800 species, of which 350 are lichens (Britannica.com)."
Lichen. Copyright: © 2014 Charles K. Lee
"Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), totaling about 100 species, predominate in maritime regions...(Britannica.com)."
Liverwort. Creator: James Lowe
"Numerous species of molds, yeasts, and other fungi, as well as freshwater algae and bacteria, complete the listing of Antarctic plants (Britannica.com)."
Algae. From National Geographic
