The warden reckons that within five years this plant will have disappeared from its one rock in Cwm Idwal. It's too warm now for alpines like these and you can already see the stronger, more invasive plants which need a warmer climate, beginning to populate the nooks and crannies of the single rock on which it grows. If that happens then only the Highlands of Scotland will be home to this beautiful little alpine saxifrage.
Cwm Idwal, North Wales 21st May 2004e
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