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'''''Cochlearia tatrae''''' or '''''Tatra scurvy-grass''''' is a [[flowering plant]] of the genus ''[[Cochlearia]]'' in the family [[Brassicaceae]]. The plant is [[endemic]] to and named after the [[Tatra Mountains]], which in northern [[Slovakia]] and southern [[Poland]]. <ref>[http://nature.poland.pl/regions/karpaty_centr/tatry/description.htm nature.poland.pl]</ref><ref>[http://www.lesytanap.sk/en/1_uvod/tanap.php lesytanap.sk]</ref> <ref name="iucn">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/162052/0 IUCN Red List: ''Cochlearia tatrae'] . accessed 5.14.2013</ref>
'''''Cochlearia tatrae''''' or '''''Tatra scurvy-grass''''' is a [[flowering plant]] of the genus ''[[Cochlearia]]'' in the family [[Brassicaceae]]. The plant is [[endemic]] to and named after the [[Tatra Mountains]], which in northern [[Slovakia]] and southern [[Poland]]. <ref>[http://nature.poland.pl/regions/karpaty_centr/tatry/description.htm nature.poland.pl]</ref><ref>[http://www.lesytanap.sk/en/1_uvod/tanap.php lesytanap.sk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503093659/http://www.lesytanap.sk/en/1_uvod/tanap.php |date=2007-05-03 }}</ref> <ref name="iucn">[http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/162052/0 IUCN Red List: ''Cochlearia tatrae'] . accessed 5.14.2013</ref>


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Cochlearia tatrae
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C. tatrae
Binomial name
Cochlearia tatrae

Cochlearia tatrae or Tatra scurvy-grass is a flowering plant of the genus Cochlearia in the family Brassicaceae. The plant is endemic to and named after the Tatra Mountains, which in northern Slovakia and southern Poland. [1][2] [3]

The plant blooms from April to September. [3]

Distribution

The species is a subnival (upper alpine dwarf scrub) and alpine plant. It is found in moist rock scree and crevices, and around springs and streams.[3]

In Poland the plant is restricted to a dozen sites in the Morskie Oko Lake area of the High Tatra Mountains, at 1,595–2,390 metres (5,233–7,841 ft) in elevation. The population is estimated at 600 individuals. [3] In Slovakia the populations are found in thirty sites, at elevations up to 2,605 metres (8,547 ft). [3] It is found on Mięguszowiecki Szczyt Mountain (Slovak: Veľký Mengusovský štít), [4] which is on the Slovak-Polish border.

Cochlearia tatrae is an IUCN Red List vulnerable species. [3]

See also

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