Plants and trees are surprisingly adaptable. Growing out of cracks in the pavement, swalloing abandoned buildings, in desserts or at great heights....
HOT places
Desert five-spot (Eremalche rotundifolia) making its way through the dry, cracked soil of Death Valley National Park. The hottest and driest place in North America. The highest temperature recorded was 56.7 °C and rainfall is negligible.
COLD places
Yareta (Azorella compacta), is a flowering plant that grows in the cold Puna grasslands of the Andes in Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and western Argentina at altitudes between 3,200 and 4,500 meters, where the wind blows unceasingly and the cold cracks even granite. To survive the extreme conditions, Yareta grows in packs so dense that its stems can take the weight of a human. The plant keeps close to the ground in order to retain as much heat in as possible. 
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