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  1. Alvar - Wikipedia

    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 …

  2. ALVAR Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of ALVAR is the plant community consisting typically of mosses and calciphilous herbaceous plants that grows on steppelike shallow alkaline soils overlying Scandinavian …

  3. Maxton Plains Preserve | The Nature Conservancy in Michigan

    Alvar is a Swedish term used to describe dry grasslands found on limestone pavements. The last glacier receded over 10,000 years ago, leaving no, or only a very thin (up to 10-inches), soil …

  4. Alvar | Mysticism, Poetry, Philosophy | Britannica

    Alvar, any of a group of South Indian mystics who from the 7th to the 10th century wandered from temple to temple singing ecstatic hymns in adoration of the god Vishnu.

  5. Alvar Pavement Grassland Guide - New York Natural Heritage …

    Dec 27, 2024 · Alvar is a Swedish term to describe barrens and grassland vegetation growing on thin soils over level outcrops of limestone or dolomite bedrock. Grikes are the fissures, cracks, …

  6. North Shore Alvar State Nature Preserve - Ohio Department of …

    Alvars are horizontal exposures of nearly barren limestone or dolomite which were exposed by glaciers.

  7. Alvar - Michigan Natural Features Inventory

    Alvar is a grass- and sedge-dominated community, with scattered shrubs and sometimes trees. The community occurs on broad, flat expanses of calcareous bedrock (limestone or dolostone) …

  8. Alvar - Wikiwand

    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 …

  9. Alvars - Wikipedia

    Other Alvars are linked to Vishnu's divine attendants or attributes, such as Nammalvar as Vishvaksena, Kulasekhara Alvar as the Kaustubha gem, Periyalvar as Garuda, and …

  10. Overview: Alvar (alvar grassland) is a grass- and sedge-dominated community, with scattered shrubs and sometimes trees. Alvar occurs on broad, flat expanses of calcareous limestone or …