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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 coast is visited by the walrus and six species of seal, and around thirty species of whale, dolphin and porpoise are found in Norwegian waters. [10] Rock ptarmigan, partly in winter plumage. Norway has a great variety of bird species utilising its many habitats, cliffs, wetlands, forests and tundra.
Acer platanoides, commonly known as the Norway maple, is a species of maple native to eastern and central Europe and western Asia, from Spain east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran. [2] [3] [4] It was introduced to North America in the mid-1700s as a shade tree. [5] It is a member of the family Sapindaceae.
Angelica archangelica, commonly known as angelica, [3] garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the family Apiaceae, a subspecies of which is cultivated for its sweetly scented edible stems and roots.
Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, [1] is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres (8 to 20 in) tall, or rarely to 1 metre (40 in) and taller, [2] and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade.
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In May or June the tall panicles of white flowers, branched and pyramidal in outline, may reach 60 cm (24 in). It is one of Norway's two national flowers (chosen in 1935). Its relationship to the "silver saxifrages" (Saxifraga sect. Ligulatae) remains to be resolved to full satisfaction.
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