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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 11:36:30 AM

Title: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 11:36:30 AM

Last year I shows some pictures from the nearest mountain to my house in the following thread: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5723.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=5723.0)
I was back with a friend visiting from Denmark at the weekend, so for those not having seen this on Facebook, here's some shots from near the summit:

1. Carex nigra
2. Arion ater and Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
3. Viola biflora
4. Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
5. Cornus suecica
6. Mountain aphid
7. Dactylorhiza incarnata ?
8-9. Bilberry
10. Caltha palustris

Title: Re: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 11:55:31 AM

Batch #2, we reach the summit later on...

Species in this post: Anemone nemerosa, Viola biflora, Betula nana, Eriphorum spp, Andromeda polifolia and Pinguicula vulgaris

Title: Re: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 12:06:06 PM

Batch #3

In this batch Anemone nemerosa, Arctous alpinus, Rubus chamaemorus (Cloudberry), Betula nana, Dactylorhiza incarnata (?), Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Alchemilla alpina and a tiny gem, Listera cordata (Lesser Twayblade) that my friend tripped over...

Title: Re: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Maggi Young on July 06, 2012, 12:08:55 PM

Marvelous - but I should not have viewed these before lunch - the fresh air is making me hungry!

Title: Re: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 12:18:37 PM

Batch #4; now near the summit

Species in this batch: Juniperus officinalis, Alchemilla alpina, Rubus chamaemorus, Saussurea alpina, Antennaria dioica, Saxifraga cotyledon, Diapensia lapponica, Silene acaulis, Loiseleuria procumbens and Frod Orchid (Coeloglossum viride).

Title: Re: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 12:29:25 PM

Batch #5, at the summit

In this batch: Betula nana, Cerastium alpinum, Saxifraga cotyledon, Rhodiola rosea, Silene dioica and Polygonum viviparum, the most important mountain survival food!

Title: Re: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 12:36:37 PM

Batch #6, at the summit

Plants in this set: Rhodiola rosea, Dryas octopetala, Eriophorum spp., Cetraria ericetorum (Small Iceland Moss) and Polygonum viviparum.

Title: Re: Vennafjellet, Norway
Post by: Stephenb on July 06, 2012, 12:40:55 PM

I have some more, but must check their identity before posting..