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County Image Norwegian name Scientific name; Akershus: Hepatica nobilis: Blåveis: Hepatica nobilis: Aust-Agder: Lonicera periclymenum: Vivendel: Lonicera periclymenum
The native flora of Norway; According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions this excludes Svalbard. See Category:Flora of Svalbard. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic
The wildlife of Norway includes the diverse flora and fauna of Norway. The habitats include high mountains, tundras, rivers, lakes, wetlands, sea coast and some lower cultivated land in the south. Mainland Norway has a long coastline, protected by skerries and much dissected by fjords , and the mostly-icebound archipelago of Svalbard lies ...
For an island so far north, this number of species constitutes an astonishing variety of plant life. Because of the harsh climate and the short growing season, all the plants are slow growing. They seldom grow higher than 10 cm (4 in) In some areas, especially in warmer valleys, the plants produce carpets of blossoms.
Norway; Svalbard; Sweden; This is smaller than some geographical definitions of Northern Europe, which often include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, placed in Eastern Europe in the WGSRPD. Native taxa of the lowest rank are included if they occur widely in the region, otherwise they are placed in the flora of one or more of the constituent areas.
Norway maple seeds are flattened, while those of sugar maple are globose. [citation needed] The sugar maple usually has a brighter orange autumn color, where the Norway maple is usually yellow, although some of the red-leaved cultivars appear more orange. The flowers emerge in spring before the leaves and last 2-3 weeks.
Botanical gardens in Norway have collections consisting of Norway native and endemic species as well as plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Norway, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned. Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, Kristiansand
Picea abies, the Norway spruce [2] or European spruce, [3] is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [ 4 ] It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce , 9–17 cm long.