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Fungi
Lichen
Moss

VEGETATION

  • There are  mild winters with fluctuating temperatures

  • There are cold temperatures

  • Above the tree line, there is an area known as the arctic circle

  • Iceland is covered mostly by the tundra

  • The rest of the ground is created by volcanic rock and just sand

  • Vascular plants are commonly found throughout the island both lowlands and mountains

  •  Vascular plants grown in Iceland include moss and lichens

  • Similar vegetation as found in northern Canada and northern Europe

  • In Southeast, East and further northwest topsoil may actually contain silt, humus essential for vegetation

  • There are temperate temperatures than arctic temperature in some part of the islands

  • Geothermal areas provide more favourable conditions for vegetation

Some Species of Plants

  • Angelica grows throughout the island in moist patches (1 ½ m above the ground)

  • Marsh Marigold grows in wet places

  • moderate latitudes northern Iceland

  • Mountains Avens usually grow in the highlands, lowlands

  • Grows in tough and any calcified soil, with little competition.

  • Moss Companion is another spring flower

  • Grows in barren and calcified soil

  • Found in the highlands

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