©SVANA In Fjallabak Nature Reserve flovering Harrimanella, mosalyng.
Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) horblaðka.
Heath spotte orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata),friggjargras.
Long-bract Frog Orchid (Coeloglossum viride ), barnarót.
Dwarf cornel (Cornus suecica),skollaber.
The northern green orchid (Platanthera hyperborea), friggjargras.
Male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas), stóriburkni.
Northern hollyfern (Polystichum lonchitis), skjaldburkni.
The sea pea (Lathyrus japonicus),baunagras.
©SVANA Burnet rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, þyrnirós.
©SVANA Wild thyme growing on the lava. The wild thyme is common in Iceland, where it is known as “blóðberg”, meaning bloodstone.Location: Búðahraun, Snæfellsnes, West Iceland.
©SVANA Mountain avens Dryas octopetala, holtasóley in Icelandic.Location: Öndverðanes, Snæfellsnes, West Iceland.
©SVANA Sea thrift Armeria maritima, geldingahnappur in Icelandic, can grow in sandy, saline and infertile conditions. Location: Ós, Skógarströnd, Snæfellsnes, West Iceland.
©SVANA Alpine bistort Bistorta vivipara is one of the most common higher plant in Iceland. Its Icelandic name kornsúra refers to the corn that was used as food in earlier times. Location: Selvallavatn, Snæfellsnes, West Iceland.
©SVANA Mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, holtasóley. At this stage the Icelandic name is hárbrúða. Location: Ós, Skógarströnd, West Iceland.
©SVANA The rowan Sorbus aucuparia attracts birds that feed on the berries during autumn.Reyniber.
©SVANA The wild burnet rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia, þyrnirós in Icelandic) is a rare plant in Iceland.
©SVANA Angelica archangelica (ætihvönn in Icelandic), commonly known as garden angelica and known for its medicinal uses. A common plant in sheep-free areas in Iceland, here growing in the national park at Þingvellir.
©SVANA Wood cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum, blágresi in Icelandic) is common around Iceland and favoured by many. Used to cure various symptoms in earlier times, and for staining wool.
©SVANA Alpine Fleabane, Erigeron borealis, jakobsfífill.
©SVANA Geranium sylvaticum, Wood cranesbill, woodland geranium, blágresi
©SVANA Botrychium lunaria, common moonwort, tungljurt.
©SVANA Thymus praecox subsp. arcticus, creeping thyme, mother of thyme, blóðberg.
©SVANA Taraxacum spp, biðukolla.
©SVANA Taraxacum spp, biðukolla.
©SVANA Cerastium alpinum, alpine mouse-ear,, músareyra.
©SVANA Dryas octopetala, Mountain avens,rjúpnalauf.
©SVANA Gentiana nivalis, Snow Gentian, dýragras.
©SVANA Platanthera hyperborea, Green-Flowered Bog Orchid, friggjargras,
©SVANA golden root, Rhodiola rosea, burnirót.
©SVANA Arctic willow, Salix arctica, grávíðir.
©SVANA Hieracium spp,
©SVANA , Velvet bells, Bartsia alpina, smjörgras.
©SVANA Alchemilla alpin, Alpine lady's-mantle, ljónslappi.
©SVANA Dryas octopetala, Mountain avens,holtasóley.
©SVANA Bog Bilberry, Bog Blueberry, Bog Whortleberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, bláberjalyng.
©SVANA Water avens, Geum rivale, fjalldalafífill.
©SVANA Common starwort, grass-leaved stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, akurarfi.
©SVANA Common starwort, grass-leaved stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, akurarfi.
©SVANA Thrift or sea pink, Armeria maritima, geldingahnappur.
©SVANA Hill willowherb, Epilobium collinum, klappardúnurt.
©SVANA Pinguicula vulgaris, Common butterwort, lyfjagras.
©SVANA Wild stawberrys,Fragaria vesca, villt jarðaber.
©SVANA Stone bramble, Rubus saxatilis, hrútaber.
©SVANA Common heather, Calluna vulgaris, beitilyng.
©SVANA Bog Bilberry, Bog Blueberry, Bog Whortleberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, bláberjalyng.
©SVANA Bog bilberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, bláberjalyng.
©SVANA Common juniper, Juniperus communis, einir,
©SVANA The most common tree in Iceland. Birch, Betula pubescens, birki
©SVANA Alpine bistort, Bistorta vivipara, kornsúra
©SVANA Cuckoo Flower, Cardamine nymanii, hrafnaklukka.
©SVANA Alpine Speedwell, eronica alpina, fjalldepla.
©SVANA Dwarf willow, Salix herbacea, grasvíðir.
©SVANA Northern oak fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, þrílaufungur.
©SVANA Fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis , tófugras.
©SVANA Fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis , tófugras.
©SVANA Heath Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza maculata, brönugras.
©SVANA Heath Spotted Orchid, Dactylorhiza maculata, brönugras.
©SVANA Common cottongrass, Eriophorum angustifolium,, klófífa.
