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The origin of province flowers came from the American idea of state flowers, and was brought to Sweden by August Wickström and Paul Petter Waldenström in 1908. Waldenström published the proposal to introduce province flowers in the May 288, 1908 edition of the newspaper Stockholms Dagblad , and requested suggestions of species from the ...
Den nya nordiska floran ("The new Nordic flora") is a book of Swedish flora from 2003 by Bo Mossberg and Lennart Stenberg, with illustrations by Bo Mossberg. It contains descriptions, illustrations and distribution maps of all plants in Sweden, Denmark, Norway (including Svalbard), Finland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, a total of more than 3,250 species. [1]
The publishing plan comprises 100,000 illustrations spread over more than 100 volumes, to appear over a period of 20 years, listing and providing popular scientific descriptions of all species of plants and animals in Sweden. So large a work has never been published in the history of Swedish literature.
The only endemic fish in Sweden is the critically endangered freshwater Coregonus trybomi, still surviving in only a single lake. [14] Amphibians found in Sweden include eleven species of frogs and toads and two species of newt, while reptiles include four species of snake and three species of lizard. They are all protected under the law. [15]
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This is a highly incomplete list of lichens of Sweden ordered by their scientific name. Swedish and scientific names are written in italics. Arthopyrenia gemmata, Grå vårtlav; Calicium abietinum, Svart knappnålslav; Calicium viride, Grön knappnålslav; Chaenotheca chlorella, Brun knappnålslav; Coniocybe furfuracea, Ärgnållav; Cyphelium ...
Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Acer pseudoplatanus, Cistus, Crataegus, Endymion, Euonymus, Euphorbia, Ilex, Prunus spinosa, Stellaria, Viburnum opulus. [14] The flight period is April to June (earlier in southern areas, later at higher altitudes and northerly latitudes).