. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. 340 THORODDSEN coppices, as independent formations, have but a slight distribution in Iceland. As stated above, Salix lanata and S. glanca are distri- buted over extensive sandy areas, and occur there, together with some other plants, as dominants; in other places they occur on dry, flat, clayey tracts, as scattered shrubs of low growth (20—60 cm.) with an undergrowth of heather, Elyna Bellardi, various species of grasses, etc. It is chiefly Salix phylicifolia which forms coppices. Fjg. 35. Knolly moor of Betula liana intermixed with Salix lanata and
. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. 340 THORODDSEN coppices, as independent formations, have but a slight distribution in Iceland. As stated above, Salix lanata and S. glanca are distri- buted over extensive sandy areas, and occur there, together with some other plants, as dominants; in other places they occur on dry, flat, clayey tracts, as scattered shrubs of low growth (20—60 cm.) with an undergrowth of heather, Elyna Bellardi, various species of grasses, etc. It is chiefly Salix phylicifolia which forms coppices. Fjg. 35. Knolly moor of Betula liana intermixed with Salix lanata and SalLv phylicifolia Ground vegetation: Empetrnm. Arctostaphylus iwa ursi, Anthoxanthum odoratum and Polygonum uiviparum. (Phot. A. Hesselbo.) (e. g. near Skaftafell, Fnjoskadalur, Hrafnkelsdalur, Kaldalon and Myvatn) in association with Salix lanata and Betula odorata and with a rich ground-vegetation of highly diverse plants common on "; Now and then Salix phylicifolia forms the undergrowth of birch coppices, as for instance, in Bsejarstadaskogur near 0rsefi; the willows here have an average height of 2 metres; the highest individuals are 3 metres in height, but the stems are only 18—24cm. in circumference. Salix phylicifolia (often together with Salix lanata, which may attain a height of I--!1/? metres) is often found inter- spersed in birch coppices, in many places in different districts. In Several places near Myvatn Salix phylicifolia forms coppices, among other places in Sluttnes, where a stem which I measured in 1882,. 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
Size: 1910px × 1308px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookcollectionbiod, bookdecade1910, bookyear1912
