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Vegetation in the Arctic is limited to the
grasses (mainly mosses, lichen, sedges, and
some flowering plants). In the Franz Josef
Lands there are over 50 species of flowers
and hundreds of species of mosses. Amongst
the most common flowers are the Arctic Poppy
and the purple saxifrage.
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