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

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