Folgefonna glacier (Norway), 1-9 August 2015
Norwegian flora.
Norwegian mountains are known for their northern beauty. On this page you will find pictures of some plants which we saw on our way and could not resist to take pictures of.
Willow just started flowering, because the snow has only just melted on this spot. The spring only came at the beginning of August...
Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium).
When we were scrambing up Nordbakkenuten (our third day), we came across a lot of flowering plants, as if we were at the alpine meadows.
Blue heath or purple mountain heather (Phyllodoce caerulea)
Golden root or rose root (Rhodiola rosea).
Wood cranesbill or woodland geranium (Geranium sylvaticum).
This is probably Pyramidal Saxifrage (Saxifraga colyledon).
Bog bilberry or bog blueberry or northern bilberry or western blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum). It just started flowering.
This is probably Purple Mountain Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia).
Above the tree line the slopes are covered in bogs.
Common Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia). There is a trapped mosquito in the closed leaf.
Bog Rosemary or Marsh Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia), Ericaceae family.
Dwarf Cornel Bunchberry or Swedish Cornel or Lapland Cornel or Eurasian Dwarf Cornel (Cornus suecica or Chamaepericlymenum suecicum).
Multicoloured moss.
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Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris), Lentibulariaceae family. Butterworts feed themselves by trapping insects. The glandular hairs secret a sticky glue that traps the prey and enzymes that digest it. |
Velvetbells (Вartsia alpine). |
Blue heath or purple mountain heather (Phyllodoce caerulea) again.
