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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
Braya purpurascens
Campanula gieseckiana 7
Campanula rotundifolia
water sedge 8
Carex aquatilis
Bigelow's sedge
Carex bigelowii
Weak-cluster Sedge 9
Carex glareosa
Hare's-foot Sedge 10
Carex lachenalii
loose-flowered alpine sedge 10
Carex rariflora
Arctic bell-heather 11
Cassiope tetragona
Alpine Mouse-ear 12
Cerastium alpinum
Dwarf Fireweed 13
Chamaenerion latifolium
greenland cochlearia 14
Cochlearia groenlandica
Rock Whitlow-grass 15
Draba glabella
Entireleaf Mountain-avens 16
Dryas integrifolia
Elymus mollis 17
Leymus mollis
Common Cotton-grass 18
Eriophorum angustifolium
Scheuchzer's Cotton-grass 19
Eriophorum scheuchzeri
red fescue 20
Festuca rubra
Alpine Sweet Grass 21
Hierochloe alpina
Common Mare's Tail 22
Hippuris vulgaris
Sea Sandwort 23
Honckenya peploides
Northern Woodrush 24
Luzula confusa
Spiked Woodrush 8
Luzula spicata
Matricaria sp. 25
Matricaria
Minuartia groenlandica 26
Mononeuria groenlandica
alpine sorrel 27
Oxyria digyna
Oxytropis sp. 28
Oxytropis
Lapland Poppy
Papaver lapponicum
Hairy Lousewort 29
Pedicularis hirsuta
Alpine Meadow-grass 30
Poa alpina
Arctic Bluegrass 8
Poa arctica
glaucous meadow-grass 31
Poa glauca
Alpine Cinquefoil 32
Potentilla crantzii
Arctic Cinquefoil 33
Potentilla hyparctica
Arctic wintergreen 34
Pyrola grandiflora
meadow buttercup 35
Ranunculus acris
Arctic Buttercup 21
Ranunculus hyperboreus
Sulphur Buttercup 29
Ranunculus sulphureus
Roseroot 36
Rhodiola rosea
Gray Willow 37
Salix glauca
Least Willow 38
Salix herbacea
Lanate Willow 11
Salix richardsonii
Saxifraga caespitosa 39
Saxifraga cespitosa
Drooping Saxifrage 40
Saxifraga cernua
Saxifraga foliolosa 41
Micranthes foliolosa
Saxifraga nivalis 42
Micranthes nivalis
Purple Saxifrage 43
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Prickly Saxifrage 44
Saxifraga tricuspidata
creeping sibbaldia 45
Sibbaldia procumbens
Moss Campion 46
Silene acaulis
Longstalk starwort 47
Stellaria longipes
Taraxacum lapponicum
Taraxacum croceum
spike trisetum 30
Trisetum spicatum
Lady's-mantles 48
Alchemilla
Mountain Alder
Alnus viridis crispa
harebell 49
Campanula giesekiana
bittercresses 50
Cardamine
fireweeds 51
Chamaenerion
marsh cinquefoil 52
Comarum palustre
threeleaf goldthread 53
Coptis trifolia
Diapensia 12
Diapensia lapponica
Alpine Whitlow-grass 16
Draba alpina
Snow Whitlowgrass 54
Draba nivalis
black crowberry 55
Empetrum nigrum
willowherbs 7
Epilobium
Narrowleaf Cotton-grass 56
Eriophorum angustifolium triste
fragrant bedstraw 53
Galium triflorum
geraniums and cranesbills 57
Geranium
rushes 58
Juncus
Sea Plantain 59
Plantago maritima
cinquefoils 18
Potentilla
Ranunculus confervoides
Lapland Buttercup 60
Ranunculus lapponicus
Snowy Buttercup 61
Ranunculus nivalis
Northern Buttercup 31
Ranunculus pedatifidus affinis
Dwarf Buttercup
Ranunculus pygmaeus
Creeping Spearwort 62
Ranunculus reptans
Common Sorrel 25
Rumex acetosa
Saxifrages 63
Saxifraga
stonecrops 64
Sedum
Rowans, Service-trees, and Whitebeams 65
Sorbus
Alpine Meadow-rue 66
Thalictrum alpinum
Mother of Thyme 67
Thymus praecox
Lesser Bladderwort 68
Utricularia minor
bog bilberry 69
Vaccinium uliginosum
Alpine Catchfly 70
Viscaria alpina

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