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A list of county flowers of Norway. County Image Norwegian name Scientific name; Akershus: Hepatica nobilis: Blåveis: Hepatica nobilis: Aust-Agder: Lonicera ...
The native flora of Norway According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions this excludes Svalbard . See Category:Flora of Svalbard .
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.
Dahlia. Dahlias are truly some of the most magnificent flowers you can grow (and a favorite of VERANDA editors!). They come in many forms, ranging from tiny balls to dinner-plate sized blooms.
The leaves are under 1 cm long, with a few shallow teeth on the upper half. The perennial stems of Linnaea borealis are slender, pubescent, and prostrate, growing to 20–40 centimetres (8– 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves 3–10 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) long and 2–7 mm (1 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad.
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.
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