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[[Image:bellheather2.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Cassiope tetragona|Arctic bell-heather]]]][[Image:hawkweed1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Saxifraga hieracifolia|Hawkweed-leaved saxifrage]]]][[Image:knotweed1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Polygonum viviparum|Alpine bistort]]]][[Image:mosscampion.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Moss campion]]]][[Image:poppy3.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Svalbard poppy]]]][[Image:lousewort1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Pedicularis dasyantha|Woolly lousewort]]]]
[[Image:bellheather2.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Cassiope tetragona|Arctic bell-heather]]]][[Image:hawkweed1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Saxifraga hieracifolia|Hawkweed-leaved saxifrage]]]][[Image:knotweed1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Polygonum viviparum|Alpine bistort]]]][[Image:mosscampion.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Moss campion]]]][[Image:poppy3.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Svalbard poppy]]]][[Image:lousewort1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Pedicularis dasyantha|Woolly lousewort]]]]


* ''[[Arabis alpina]]''<ref name=Alsos>{{cite journal | author = Alsos, I.G., ''et al.'' | year=2007 | title= Frequent long-distance plant colonization in the changing arctic | journal = [[Science (journal)|Science]] | volume = 316 | pages = 1606–1609 | doi = 10.1126/science.1139178 | pmid= 17569861}}</ref> - Alpine rock-cress
* ''[[Arabis alpina]]''<ref name=Alsos>{{cite journal | author = Alsos, I.G., ''et al.'' | year=2007 | title= Frequent long-distance plant colonization in the changing arctic | journal = [[Science (journal)|Science]] | volume = 316 | pages = 1606–1609 | doi = 10.1126/science.1139178 | pmid= 17569861 | issue = 5831}}</ref> - Alpine rock-cress
* ''[[Arenaria (plant)|Arenaria pseudofrigida]]'' - Fringed sandwort
* ''[[Arenaria (plant)|Arenaria pseudofrigida]]'' - Fringed sandwort
* ''[[Arnica|Arnica alpina]]'' - Alpine arnica
* ''[[Arnica|Arnica alpina]]'' - Alpine arnica

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There are 164 vascular plant species on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This figure does not include algae, mosses, and lichens, which are non-vascular plants. For an island so far north, 164 species constitutes an astonishing variety of plant life. Because of the harsh climate and the short growing season, all the plants are slow growing. They seldom grow higher than 10 cm.

In some areas, especially in warmer valleys, the plants produce carpets of blossoms. Svalbard has been divided into four vegetation zones ([1]).

Plant species

Arctic bell-heather
Hawkweed-leaved saxifrage
Alpine bistort
Moss campion
Svalbard poppy
Woolly lousewort

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Alsos, I.G.; et al. (2007). "Frequent long-distance plant colonization in the changing arctic". Science. 316 (5831): 1606–1609. doi:10.1126/science.1139178. PMID 17569861. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
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