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Greenland/Baffin Bay plants

Plants that may be seen in the areas surrounding Baffin Bay.
West Greenland and Nunavut

arctic willow 1
Salix arctica
Mountain Avens 2
Dryas octopetala
Arctic Harebell
Campanula uniflora
Anemone richardsonii
Anemonastrum richardsonii
Garden angelica 3
Angelica archangelica
Alpine Milkvetch 4
Astragalus alpinus
Dwarf Birch 5
Betula nana
alpine bistort 6
Bistorta vivipara
common moonwort 7
Botrychium lunaria
Braya purpurascens
Campanula gieseckiana 8
Campanula rotundifolia
water sedge 9
Carex aquatilis
Bigelow's sedge
Carex bigelowii
Weak-cluster Sedge 10
Carex glareosa
Hare's-foot Sedge 11
Carex lachenalii
loose-flowered alpine sedge 11
Carex rariflora
Arctic bell-heather 12
Cassiope tetragona
Alpine Mouse-ear 13
Cerastium alpinum
Dwarf Fireweed 14
Chamaenerion latifolium
greenland cochlearia 15
Cochlearia groenlandica
Rock Whitlow-grass 16
Draba glabella
Entireleaf Mountain-avens 17
Dryas integrifolia
Elymus mollis 18
Leymus mollis
field horsetail 19
Equisetum arvense
Common Cotton-grass 20
Eriophorum angustifolium
Scheuchzer's Cotton-grass 21
Eriophorum scheuchzeri
red fescue 22
Festuca rubra
Alpine Sweet Grass 23
Hierochloe alpina
Common Mare's Tail 24
Hippuris vulgaris
Sea Sandwort 25
Honckenya peploides
Northern Woodrush 26
Luzula confusa
Spiked Woodrush 9
Luzula spicata
Matricaria sp. 27
Matricaria
Minuartia groenlandica 28
Mononeuria groenlandica
alpine sorrel 29
Oxyria digyna
Oxytropis sp. 30
Oxytropis
Lapland Poppy
Papaver lapponicum
Hairy Lousewort 31
Pedicularis hirsuta
Alpine Meadow-grass 32
Poa alpina
Arctic Bluegrass 9
Poa arctica
glaucous meadow-grass 33
Poa glauca
Alpine Cinquefoil 34
Potentilla crantzii
Arctic Cinquefoil 35
Potentilla hyparctica
Arctic wintergreen 36
Pyrola grandiflora
meadow buttercup 37
Ranunculus acris
Arctic Buttercup 23
Ranunculus hyperboreus
Sulphur Buttercup 31
Ranunculus sulphureus
Roseroot 38
Rhodiola rosea
Gray Willow 39
Salix glauca
Least Willow 40
Salix herbacea
Lanate Willow 12
Salix richardsonii
Saxifraga caespitosa 41
Saxifraga cespitosa
Drooping Saxifrage 42
Saxifraga cernua
Saxifraga foliolosa 43
Micranthes foliolosa
Saxifraga nivalis 44
Micranthes nivalis
Purple Saxifrage 45
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Prickly Saxifrage 46
Saxifraga tricuspidata
creeping sibbaldia 47
Sibbaldia procumbens
Moss Campion 48
Silene acaulis
Longstalk starwort 49
Stellaria longipes
Taraxacum lapponicum
Taraxacum croceum
spike trisetum 32
Trisetum spicatum
Lady's-mantles 50
Alchemilla
Mountain Alder
Alnus viridis crispa
lanceleaf moonwort 51
Botrychium lanceolatum
harebell 52
Campanula giesekiana
bittercresses 53
Cardamine
fireweeds 54
Chamaenerion
marsh cinquefoil 55
Comarum palustre
threeleaf goldthread 56
Coptis trifolia
Diapensia 13
Diapensia lapponica
alpine clubmoss 57
Diphasiastrum alpinum
northern ground-cedar 58
Diphasiastrum complanatum
Alpine Whitlow-grass 17
Draba alpina
Snow Whitlowgrass 59
Draba nivalis
male fern 32
Dryopteris filix-mas
black crowberry 60
Empetrum nigrum
willowherbs 8
Epilobium
dwarf horsetail 61
Equisetum scirpoides
wood horsetail 62
Equisetum sylvaticum
variegated horsetail 63
Equisetum variegatum
Narrowleaf Cotton-grass 64
Eriophorum angustifolium triste
fragrant bedstraw 56
Galium triflorum
geraniums and cranesbills 65
Geranium
northern oak fern 36
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
northern firmoss 13
Huperzia selago
spiny-spored quillwort 12
Isoetes echinospora
rushes 66
Juncus
junipers 67
Juniperus
stag's-horn clubmoss 68
Lycopodium clavatum
long beech fern 69
Phegopteris connectilis
Sea Plantain 70
Plantago maritima
northern holly fern 71
Polystichum lonchitis
cinquefoils 20
Potentilla
Ranunculus confervoides
Lapland Buttercup 72
Ranunculus lapponicus
Snowy Buttercup 73
Ranunculus nivalis
Northern Buttercup 33
Ranunculus pedatifidus affinis
Dwarf Buttercup
Ranunculus pygmaeus
Creeping Spearwort 74
Ranunculus reptans

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