. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. 324 THORODDSEN Menyanthes trifoliata, Equisetnm limosum, Heleocharis palustris, etc. Upon the knolls, which are dry, many other plants occur, often Be- tula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum, Salix glaiica, etc. The ground- vegetation consists of several species of mosses, Amblystegium, Sphag- num, Hylocominm, and others. On the mountains Eriophorum-bogs are very frequent and Carex-hogs of rarer occurrence, but in the lowlands the reverse is the case. Moss bogs with different aquatic. Fig. 28. Geitabergsvatn. Flooded meadow with Erioplutrnm and (Pho
. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. 324 THORODDSEN Menyanthes trifoliata, Equisetnm limosum, Heleocharis palustris, etc. Upon the knolls, which are dry, many other plants occur, often Be- tula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum, Salix glaiica, etc. The ground- vegetation consists of several species of mosses, Amblystegium, Sphag- num, Hylocominm, and others. On the mountains Eriophorum-bogs are very frequent and Carex-hogs of rarer occurrence, but in the lowlands the reverse is the case. Moss bogs with different aquatic. Fig. 28. Geitabergsvatn. Flooded meadow with Erioplutrnm and (Phot. A. Hesselbo.) vegetation, as at the above-mentioned springs, often occur in these swampy tracts, and pools with Equisetum limosum, Hippuris uul- garis, Menyanthes and Sparganium. The Icelandic umyrar" are richer in species and have a denser vegetation than the "; The dominant plants are Carex cryptocarpa and C. Goodenoughii, but in addition many other species of Carex occur, vir. C. rariflora, C. canescens, C. microglochin and others, moreover, Eriophorum Scheuch- zeri, Equisetnm palustre, Comarum palnstre, which are characteristic of wet meadows, Caltha palustris, Parnassia palnstris, Cardamine pratensis, etc. Almost everywhere the above-mentioned genera and man}7 others are associated with a moss-bottom. Sometimes some Graminece, Polygonnm viviparum, Euphrasia offtcinalis, etc. occur upon the knolls, and in south-west Iceland, here and there on moss- covered knolls, Drosera rotundifolia. From the outer edge of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kolderup Rosenvinge, L. (Lauritz), 1858-1939; Warming, Eugenius, 1841-1924. Copenhagen, J. Frimodt
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