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A list of county flowers of Norway. County Image Norwegian name Scientific name; Akershus: Hepatica nobilis: ... This page was last edited on 3 August 2024, at 09:51 ...
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.
The native flora of Norway According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions this excludes Svalbard . See Category:Flora of Svalbard .
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.
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.
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Less than half of the 2,630 plant species in modern Norway are native species. [15] About 210 species of plants growing in Norway are listed as endangered, 13 of which are endemic. [16] The national parks in Norway are mostly located in mountain areas; about 2% of the productive forests in the country are protected. [17]