List of plants native to the Southern Atlantic island of South Georgia
This is a list of the flora of South Georgia, an island in the subantarctic Atlantic Ocean, part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.[1][2][3] There are 26 native plant species, and there has been 76 species of introduced plants recorded on the island.
Introduced species tend to be located in the areas of human settlement, such as the former sealing and whaling stations.
Spore producing plants[4][5]
Common name
Blechnum penna-marina
Antarctic hard-fern or small fern
Cystopteris fragilis
Brittle bladder-fern or common fragile fern
Grammitis poeppigeana
Strap fern
Hymenophyllum falklandicum
Filmy fern
Lycopodium magellanicum
Magellanic clubmoss
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
Adder's tongue
Polystichum mohrioides
Shield-fern
Seed plants[4][5]
Latin name
Common name
Acaena magellanica
Greater burnet
Acaena magellanica × tenera
Hybrid burnet
Acaena tenera
Lesser burnet
Alopecurus magellanicus
Antarctic foxtail
Callitriche antarctica
Antarctic starwort
Colobanthus quitensis
Antarctic pearlwort
Colobanthus subulatus
Lesser pearlwort or sessile pearlwort or emerald bog
Deschampsia antarctica
Antarctic hair-grass
Festuca contracta
Tufted fescue
Galium antarcticum
Antarctic bedstraw
Juncus inconspicuous
Lesser rush
Juncus scheuchzerioides
Greater native rush
Montia fontana
Water blinks
Phleum alpinum
Alpine cats-tail
Poa flabellata
Tussac grass
Ranunculus biternatus
Antarctic buttercup
Rostkovia magellanica
Brown (or short) rush
Uncinia macrolepis
Smith's sedge
^"Terrestrial flora of South Georgia and Antarctica" (PDF). British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^"Terrestrial/Plants – Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands". Retrieved 3 October 2019. South Georgia is home to just 25 species of native vascular plant, none of which are endemic. The poorly developed vascular plant flora is probably as a consequence of the island's isolation from major landmasses and the relatively harsh year-round climate. In contrast there are around 125 species of moss, 85 liverworts and more than 200 species of lichen.
^Upson, Rebecca; Myer, Bradley; Floyd, Kelvin; Lee, Jennifer; Clubbe, Colin (2017). Field guide to the introduced flora of South Georgia. Richmond, Surrey, UK: Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 978-1-84246-652-0. OCLC 1007331209.
^ abGalbraith, Deirdre. (2011). A field guide to the flora of South Georgia. Great Britain: South Georgia Heritage Trust. ISBN 978-0-9564546-0-7. OCLC 714041780.
^ ab"South Georgia Flora Guide". 18 January 2021.
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