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Hoy:
I usually spend a lot of time in the low mountains in south-east Norway. It is not a very rich area but some nice plants can be found.The area is between 700 and 1200m asl. and covered by mixed forest up to about 1000m. The forest consist mostly of spruce (Picea abies), pine (Pinus sylvestris) and birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii). The climate is rather dry to be in Norway, and the valley (Hallingdal) near by is among the warmest sites in the country.

Here are some of the plants from last week:



Hieracium lactucella



Myosotis decumbens. Prefer somewhat moist sites.



Same as above, colour variant.



Astragalus alpinus



Viola palustris

Hoy:
Some dandelions and a wintergreen.

These are 3 different dandelion species.










The next two are Pyrola norvegica

Robert:
Trond,

Do you ever have photographs of the terrain-landscape where these plants grow?

Maybe they grow in waste areas where it is ugly? Or an uninteresting residential area?

Anyway, thank you for sharing the photographs.  8)   :)  Some of the plants pictured are similar to species that we would only see in the higher portions of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Hoy:

--- Quote from: Robert on July 20, 2020, 11:15:31 PM ---Trond,

Do you ever have photographs of the terrain-landscape where these plants grow?

Maybe they grow in waste areas where it is ugly? Or an uninteresting residential area?

Anyway, thank you for sharing the photographs.  8)   :)  Some of the plants pictured are similar to species that we would only see in the higher portions of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

--- End quote ---

Robert,

I do photograph the landscape also! You'll see later ;)

This is at the forest limit so it is "high" although not in meters (or feet)!

These are from early June:




Looking south: The Dagali mountains.




Looking north: The Hemsedal area.




This is an old peneplain, what's left after the erosion of the Caledonian mountain range.




Norway spruce (Picea abies) is common at the tree line.

Hoy:
More flowers from July:



Trientalis europaea. This is common from the seaside to well above 1200m.




Moneses uniflora. This one is also common here, but it doesn't flower each year. Out of flower it is easily missed.




Moneses uniflora "Olavsstake" (the candlestick of Olav)




Sibbaldia procumbens. Very common where the snow linger.




Linnaea borealis. Also very common here.

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