Other records she published were " Dryas octopetala " on Muckish, " Teesdalia nudicaulis " on Lough Neagh, and " Malaxis " on Slieve Snaght.
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The Younger Dryas and Older Dryas stadials are geological periods of cold temperature that are named after " Dryas octopetala ", which flourished during that time and is used as a fossil indicator of those periods.
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The area sports 22 species of orchids and numerous other flowers such as " Anacamptis pyramidalis ", " Platanthera chlorantha ", " Neotinea maculata " and " Dryas octopetala ".
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At some sites in Ireland, " V . orobus " is associated with species such as " Dryas octopetala ", " Sesleria albicans " and " Geranium sanguineum ", which are characteristic of the flora of the Burren, although " V . orobus " does not occur in the Burren, or in floristically similar regions nearby.
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In the Northern Hemisphere, these are essentially the well-known ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs in the Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Pinaceae and Salicaceae, but in arctic and alpine habitats, Russulaceae also associate with " Bistorta vivipara " ( Polygonaceae ), " Kobresia " ( Cyperaceae ), and " Dryas octopetala " ( Rosaceae ), ectomycorrhizal plants untypic in their respective families.
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Species such as Downy Willow ( " Salix lapponum " ), Mountain Avens ( " Dryas octopetala " ), Alpine Mouse-ear ( " Cerastium alpinum " ), Alpine Meadowgrass ( " Poa alpina " ) and others have been able to survive in these coves since the last glaciation through a combination of rocks rich in basic minerals, a harsh micro-climate, and inaccessibility to grazing sheep on cliff ledges.
