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Plants - Wild Latitudes Iceland Tour

This guide includes all of the plant species that could possibly be seen on the Iceland Birding and Natural History tour run by Wild Latitudes.

Alpine Lady's-mantle 1
Alchemilla alpina
wood horsetail 2
Equisetum sylvaticum
Sea Campion 3
Silene uniflora
Sea Mayweed 4
Tripleurospermum maritimum
Downy Birch 5
Betula pubescens
northern firmoss 6
Huperzia selago
common heather 7
Calluna vulgaris
Common Butterwort 8
Pinguicula vulgaris
common bilberry
Vaccinium myrtillus
Common Cotton-grass 9
Eriophorum angustifolium
shady horsetail 10
Equisetum pratense
Frog Orchid 11
Dactylorhiza viridis
Purple Saxifrage 12
Saxifraga oppositifolia
heath speedwell 13
Veronica officinalis
Field Scabious 14
Knautia arvensis
Sea Sandwort 15
Honckenya peploides
alpine bistort 16
Bistorta vivipara
Velvetbells 6
Bartsia alpina
Swedish Cornel 17
Cornus suecica
Nootka lupine 18
Lupinus nootkatensis
Northern Yellow-cress 19
Rorippa islandica
Marsh Saxifrage 20
Saxifraga hirculus
Alpine Mouse-ear 6
Cerastium alpinum
Wild Angelica 21
Angelica sylvestris
Alpine Rock-cress 22
Arabis alpina
Dwarf Birch 23
Betula nana
Caraway 24
Carum carvi
Hoary Whitlowgrass 23
Draba incana
Alpine Fleabane 23
Erigeron borealis
Scheuchzer's Cotton-grass 25
Eriophorum scheuchzeri
Common Marsh-bedstraw 26
Galium palustre
Alpine gentian 9
Gentiana nivalis
meadow gentain 27
Gentianopsis detonsa
Moss Bell-heather
Harrimanella hypnoides
Fourleaf Mare's-tail 28
Hippuris tetraphylla
Lyme Grass 29
Leymus arenarius
Marsh Felwort 30
Lomatogonium rotatum
Oysterplant 1
Mertensia maritima
Arctic Poppy 31
Papaver radicatum
Leafy Northern Green Orchid 1
Platanthera hyperborea
Alpine Cinquefoil 32
Potentilla crantzii
Northern Dock
Rumex longifolius
Least Willow 33
Salix herbacea
Hairy Stonecrop 34
Sedum villosum
Mother of Thyme 35
Thymus praecox
Scottish Asphodel 23
Tofieldia pusilla
Wych Elm 36
Ulmus glabra
Alpine Speedwell 37
Veronica alpina
alpine woodsia 38
Woodsia alpina
Scots Lovage 39
Ligusticum scoticum
Autumn Hawkbit 40
Scorzoneroides autumnalis
alpine azalea 37
Kalmia procumbens
Heartleaf Twayblade 41
Neottia cordata
Wood Stitchwort 42
Stellaria nemorum
Rock Speedwell 9
Veronica fruticans
Small-white Orchid 43
Pseudorchis albida
small adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum azoricum
field gentian 44
Gentianella campestris
Avenella flexuosa 45
Irish Saxifrage 46
Saxifraga rosacea
Woolly Willow 47
Salix lanata
Cardamine nymanii 1
Hairy Kidney-wort 48
Micranthes stellaris
Viviparous Sheep's-fescue 49
Festuca vivipara
Perennial Cornflower 50
Cyanus montanus
Norwegian Sandwort
Arenaria norvegica
Stone Bramble 51
Rubus saxatilis
Arctic Sea Rocket 52
Cakile arctica
Slender Bedstraw 53
Galium normanii
Sedum annuum 54
Gentian Speedwell 55
Veronica gentianoides
fireweed 56
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Dwarf Fireweed 57
Chamaenerion latifolium
Garden Pansy 58
Viola wittrockiana
fox-and-cubs 59
Pilosella aurantiaca
Alpine Catchfly 60
Viscaria alpina

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