Vascular plant species of the archipelago of Svalbard
There are over 190 vascular plant species on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This figure does not include algae, mosses, and lichens, which are non-vascular plants. For an island so far north, this number of species constitutes an astonishing variety of plant life. Because of the harsh climate and the short growing season, all the plants are slow growing. They seldom grow higher than 10 cm (4 in)
In some areas, especially in warmer valleys, the plants produce carpets of blossoms. Svalbard has been divided into four vegetation zones.
archipelago ofSvalbard. This figure does not include algae, mosses, and lichens, which are non-vascular plants. For an island so far north, this number of species...
maximum of 200 people on a ship, to protect flora and fauna in Svalbard. While part of the Kingdom of Norway since 1925, Svalbard is not part of geographical...
to Papaver dahlianum. About Svalbard: Flora, Sysselmannen.no, retrieved: 10 April 2018 "Papaver dahlianum Nordh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic...
Poa arctica, the Arctic bluegrass or Arctic meadow grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, with a subarctic circumpolar distribution...
= 28. "Arctagrostis latifolia (R.Br.) Griseb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 July 2021...
within reach of the highest winter tides in the Northern Hemisphere, reaching north to the northern parts of Canada, Greenland and Svalbard. It is a perennial...
at the same latitude. The flora benefits from the long period of midnight sun, which compensates for the polar night. Svalbard is a breeding ground for...
found in Svalbard further to the north. List of Carex species "Carex krauseorum Boeckeler | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World...
Magadan, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec, Svalbard, Yakutskiya, and Yukon. It is perennial and mainly grows in subalpine or...
Macedonia Flora of Romania FloraofSvalbard List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland List of the vascular plants of the Karelian Isthmus C.Michael...
FloraofSvalbard NatureServe (2024). "Silene acaulis". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2024. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain...
Svalbard lies under the sovereignty of Norway, but the Svalbard Treaty places several restrictions. Norway cannot use the archipelago for warlike purposes...
and the mostly-icebound archipelago ofSvalbard lies further north. The flora is very varied and a large range of mammals, birds (many migratory), fish...
William Jackson. 1832. Flora Boreali-Americana 1(5): 246. Böcher, T. W. 1978. Greenlands Flora 326 pp. Moss, E. H. 1983. Floraof Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii...
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Agriculture in Svalbard – the archipelago containing the world's northernmost permanently inhabited settlements – has a short history, and remains a minor...
Ireland, Svalbard, northern Germany, Poland, Russia, Canada, Alaska and Greenland. The plant was first described by Carl Linnaeus in Flora Lapponica...
svalbardensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, endemic to Svalbard. It arose, probably after the end of the last ice age, as a...
including the Rocky Mountains and Greenland, in the Asian part of Beringia and in Iceland, Svalbard, the Scandes Mountains and Novaja Zemlja. The species was...
Norway has 48 national parks, of which 41 are on the mainland and 7 on Svalbard. National parks in Norway are stricter than many other countries, and...
distribution maps "Phippsia algida". The FloraofSvalbard. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012. "Phippsia algida". Poaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 2001...
Dahlst". The floraofSvalbard. Retrieved 19 October 2021. "Taraxacum arcticum Dahlst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online...
ISBN 0195310713. "Festuca edlundiae S. Aiken, Consaul & Lefkovitch". The FloraofSvalbard. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2015-11-05. Susan...
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