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Hoy

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #210 on: May 09, 2021, 02:42:14 PM »
Cohan,

A holt or more common skogholt means a small patch of wood in Norwegian. The same root as Holtz in German.

We do not run out of rocks here! We have all kind of it but unfortunately I can't collect them from all the places I want to!
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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #211 on: May 09, 2021, 02:49:17 PM »
Some ferns from the last days:

A strange form of Asplenium trichomanes.

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Asplenium adianthum-nigrum

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Polystichum aculeatum

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #212 on: May 09, 2021, 03:25:18 PM »
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium likes running water.

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So does Rhyncostegium riparioides.

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #213 on: May 09, 2021, 03:44:03 PM »
Oxalis acetosella, common everywhere.

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The pink form is rarer.

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Primrose

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Viola riviniana

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Salix caprea, goat willow stem.

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #214 on: May 09, 2021, 11:27:59 PM »
Very nice images Trond and so many ferns :)
I think there are some subsp. of trichomanes? it surely looks very different.
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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #215 on: May 11, 2021, 07:47:34 PM »
Wow, that Chrysosplenium! I am happy to find a few small patches!

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #216 on: May 11, 2021, 10:17:29 PM »
Very nice images Trond and so many ferns :)
I think there are some subsp. of trichomanes? it surely looks very different.

Thanks Gabriela.

It is several subspecies of trichomanes and possibly two are found is this area but the this one one is neither. It is probably a mutation and is completely sterile.
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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #217 on: May 11, 2021, 10:24:15 PM »
Wow, that Chrysosplenium! I am happy to find a few small patches!

This species does often grow like that in huge patches. The other common native species (alternifolia) makes much smaller patches.
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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #218 on: May 11, 2021, 11:29:53 PM »
Thanks Gabriela.

It is several subspecies of trichomanes and possibly two are found is this area but the this one one is neither. It is probably a mutation and is completely sterile.

I only know the regular one; could it be a hybrid of some sort?
If a natural mutation you can try to cultivate it and give it a cultivar name :)
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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #219 on: June 01, 2021, 07:02:18 AM »
I only know the regular one; could it be a hybrid of some sort?
If a natural mutation you can try to cultivate it and give it a cultivar name :)

I don't think it is a hybrid, more likely a mutation. I have heard similar ones are found once or twice before.

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #220 on: June 01, 2021, 07:17:33 AM »
On the skerries west of Bømlo. Yesterday we went by boat to some smaller islands and skerries to look at the flora. We couldn't go ashore everywhere as seagulls and terns were nesting there. The number of seabirds have diminished considerably during the last 50 years so we didn't want to disturb the rather few we saw.

Bird droppings are very nutritious but not all plants like that! One that does is the red campion (Silene dioica).

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #221 on: June 01, 2021, 07:24:10 AM »
On one of the bigger islands (uninhabited but sheep are grazing there) we found several colour forms of Polygala serpyllifolia. The common colour is blue.

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #222 on: June 01, 2021, 07:34:36 AM »
Heath milkwort and tormentil

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Heath milkwort and common lousewort

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Common lousewort (Pedicularis sylvatica)

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Sea thrift (Armeria maritima)

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Common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #223 on: June 01, 2021, 09:00:03 PM »
Trond, I have recently seen Tormentil with five petals. On making enquiries it seems this has been seen in other parts of the UK.

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Re: Some plants I encounter in Norway.
« Reply #224 on: June 02, 2021, 06:43:31 AM »
Trond, I have recently seen Tormentil with five petals. On making enquiries it seems this has been seen in other parts of the UK.

Ian, that's interesting. I have seen it once or twice only.
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