Alpine plants on the summit of Algonquin Peak, located in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York (IMAGE)

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Alpine plants on the summit of Algonquin Peak, located in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York

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Alpine plants, including grass-like sedges and rushes, and low-growing shrubs called heaths, on the rocky summit of Algonquin Peak, located in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. 

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Photo by Jonathan Chipman.

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