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Alvar

An alvar is a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and, as a result, sparse grassland vegetation. Often flooded in the spring, and affected by drought in midsummer, alvars support a distinctive group of prairie-like plants. Most alvars occur either in northern Europe or around the Great Lakes in North America. This…

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European alvar locations

Stora AlvaretGotlandVästergötlandKinnekulleFalbygden
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Some North American alvar locations

CambridgeOntarioLake ErieKelley's IslandOhio
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LimestonePlainGreat LakesRare plantsPrairie
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European alvar locations

Some North American alvar locations

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Alvar

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples79
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
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related to Some North American alvar locations · 36
Alvar → Almonte, AylmerManitobaInterlake, Barrens, Barrens Preserve, Brown County, Bruce Peninsula, Cambridge, Carden Alvar Provincial ParkChaumont, Charitable Research Reserve, City, Drummond Island, Island, Kawartha Lakes, Manitoulin Island, MichiganBelanger Bay Alvar, Natural Area, Nature PreserveMarblehead, New YorkBurnt Lands Alvar, New YorkThree Mile Creek, North Shore Alvar State
related to European alvar locations · 30
Alvar → Baltic Klint, Burren, County Clare Sarve, Dala, EnglandCumbria, Estonia, Estonian, EuropeGotlandVästergötland, Falbygden, Hiiumaa, Högstena, Kinnekulle, Malham Cove, Natura, North Yorkshire, Paldiski, Rapla County, Sillamäe, Stora Alvaret, SwedenLimestone
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Alvar → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Alvar → biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and

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alvars species limestone also north habitat plants soil estonian rare estonia grassland europe may one areas america exposed many provide

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Alvaris abiological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and0.90text
Pellaea atropurpureainstance ofand which may provide habitat for unusual ferns0.80text
the sandwort Minuartia michauxiiinstance ofBare rock flats provide areas with extremely low competition that serve as refugia for weak competitors0.80text
Micranthes virginiensisinstance ofBare rock flats provide areas with extremely low competition that serve as refugia for weak competitors0.80text
bobolinksinstance ofalvars provide habitat for birds0.80text
eastern meadowlarksinstance ofalvars provide habitat for birds0.80text
upland sandpipersinstance ofalvars provide habitat for birds0.80text
eastern towheesinstance ofalvars provide habitat for birds0.80text
brown thrashersinstance ofalvars provide habitat for birds0.80text
loggerhead shrikes whose habitat is declining elsewhereinstance ofalvars provide habitat for birds0.80text
Alvarrelated to European alvar locationsSwedenÖland0.60section
Alvarrelated to European alvar locationsStora Alvaret0.60section

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