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Table 1 List of species identified at Skaftafell in this study (Kristinsson 2013)

From: Successional trends and processes on a glacial foreland in Southern Iceland studied by repeated species counts

Species name

Common name

Alchemilla alpina

Alpine lady’s mantle

Arabidopsis petraea

Northern rock cress

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Bearberry

Arenaria norvegica

Arctic sandwort

Armeria maritima

Thrift

Bartsia alpina

Alpine bartsia

Betula nana

Dwarf birch

B. pubescens

Downy birch

Bistorta vivipara

Alpine bistort

Botrychium lunaria

Common moonwort

Calluna vulgaris

Scotch heather

Cerastium alpinum

Alpine mouse ear

C. fontanum

Common mouse ear

Draba norvegica

Rock whitlow grass

Dryas octopetala

Mountain avens

Empetrum nigrum

Crowberry

Epilobium anagallidifolium

Alpine willowherb

Equisetum arvense

Field horsetail

E. pratense

Meadow horsetail

Erigeron borealis

Alpine fleabane

Festuca rubra

Red fescue

F. richardsonii

Arctic fescue

Galium verum

Lady’s bedstraw

G. normanii

Slender bedstraw

Juniperus communis

Common juniper

Myosotis arvensis

Field forget-me-not

Omalotheca supina

Alpine arctic cudweed

Poa alpina

Alpine meadow grass

Minuartia rubella

Mountain sandwort

Racomitrium canescens (etc.)

Hoary fringe moss (and other mosses)

Rhodiola rosea

Roseroot

Pinguicula vulgaris

Common butterwort

Potentilla crantzii

Alpine cinquefoil

Sagina saginoides

Alpine pearlwort

Salix arctica

Arctic willow

S. phylicifolia

Tea-leaved willow

S. herbacea

Dwarf willow

S. lanata

Wooly willow

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Purple saxifrage

S. cespitosa

Tufted saxifrage

Sedum villosium

Hairy stonecrop

S. acre

Common stonecrop

Selaginella selaginoides

Lesser clubmoss

Silene acaulis

Moss campion

S. uniflora

Sea campion

Thymus praecox

Wild thyme

Tofieldia pusilla

Scottish asphodel

Trifolium repens

White clover

Vaccinium uliginosum

Bog bilberry

Veronica alpina

Alpine speedwell

V. fruticans

Rock speedwell