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Plants of Abisko National Park

The following guide represents the key plants monitored along the Abisko National Park (ANP) botanical and phenology monitoring trail. There are many more plants in ANP these are the ones that we hope visitors will observe regularly throughout the growing season and over the years to come.

alpine bearberry 1
Arctous alpina
Avenella flexuosa 2
Water Avens 3
Geum rivale
Highland Cudweed 4
Gnaphalium norvegicum
Myosotis decumbens 5
Common Butterwort 6
Pinguicula vulgaris
Snowy Buttercup 7
Ranunculus nivalis
Arctic raspberry 4
Rubus arcticus
Least Willow 8
Salix herbacea
Net-leaved Willow 9
Salix reticulata
Purple Saxifrage 10
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Scottish Asphodel 11
Tofieldia pusilla
Trientalis europaea 12
Lysimachia europaea
cloudberry 13
Rubus chamaemorus
Alpine Cinquefoil 14
Potentilla crantzii
Mountain Avens 15
Dryas octopetala
Arctic bell-heather 16
Cassiope tetragona
Lapland Azalea 17
Rhododendron lapponicum
Blue Mountain-heath 4
Phyllodoce caerulea
Alpine crowberry 18
Empetrum nigrum hermaphroditum
Wild Rosemary 19
Andromeda polifolia
Bilberry 20
Vaccinium myrtillus
bog bilberry 21
Vaccinium uliginosum
Lingonberry 22
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Alpine Bistort 23
Persicaria vivipara
Moss Campion 24
Silene acaulis
red campion 3
Silene dioica
Alpine Saw-wort 4
Saussurea alpina
Alpine Pussytoes 25
Antennaria alpina
common yarrow 26
Achillea millefolium
European goldenrod 27
Solidago virgaurea
wood crane's-bill 28
Geranium sylvaticum
Fireweed 29
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Dwarf Birch 11
Betula nana
Downy Birch 18
Betula pubescens
Velvetbells 4
Bartsia alpina
Alpine Butterwort 30
Pinguicula alpina
Alpine Meadow-rue 31
Thalictrum alpinum
Globeflower 10
Trollius europaeus
Twoflower Violet 13
Viola biflora

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