This is the first book to provide comprehensive information on the anatomy and ecology of arctic and alpine plants from cold sites around the globe, including representative species from Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Himalaya, Japan, Argentina, Ecuador and Western USA. It presents the study sites, including characteristic landscape and vegetation photographs. It also discusses species distribution, habitat preferences and features plant pictures, particularly focusing on the specific stem anatomical features, which differ in many cases from temperate zone herbs. Furthermore, each plant is characterized according to a newly constructed codification system. Based on the first author's 20-years of field research, a close collaboration with numerous botanical gardens, and the vast ecological experience of the other authors, the book presents approximately 350 species. The general layout is comparable to Dolezal et al's 2018 book Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya.

Part I

Anatomical Descriptions Of Dicotyledons
Anacardiaceae
Apiaceae
Apiaceae
Asteraceae-Lactuceae
Asteraceae-Cynareae
Asteraceae-Cynareae
Asteraceae-Gnaphalieae
Asteraceae-Astereae
Asteraceae-Anthemideae
Asteraceae-Senecioneae
Asteraceae-Helenieae
Asteraceae-Inuleae
Asteraceae-Barnadesieae
Asteraceae-Gochnatieae
Betulaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Campanulaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Crassulaceae
Diapensiaceae
Ephedraceae
Ericaceae
Fabaceae
Frankeniaceae
Gentianaceae
Geraniaceae
Grossulariaceae
Gunneraceae
Lamiaceae
Onagraceae
Orobanchaceae
Papaveraceae
Phrymaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae
Polemoniaceae
Polygonaceae
Primulaceae
Ranunculaceae
Rosaceae
Salicaceae
Santalaceae
Saxifragaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Solanaceae
Valerianaceae
Verbenaceae
Violaceae
Part II. Anatomical Descriptions of Monocotyledons. Cyperaceae
Juncaceae
Liliaceae
Melanthiaceae
Orchidaceae
Poaceae
Tofieldiaceae
Typhaceae.