Table 1 Species and groups divided into canopy and understory, at the Latnjavagge valley, northern Sweden
Canopy layer species | Group |
Agrostis mertensii Trin. | Grass |
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. | Forb |
Betula nana L. | Deciduous shrub |
Calamagrostis lapponica (Wahlenb.) Hartm. | Grass |
Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don. | Evergreen shrub |
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. | Sedge |
Empetrum nigrum L. | Evergreen shrub |
Equisetum arvense L. | Forb |
Erigeron uniflorus L. | Forb |
Festuca ovina L. | Grass |
Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm. | Grass |
Hieracium L. sect. Alpina (Griseb.) Gremli | Forb |
Juncus trifidus L. | Rush |
Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw. | Rush |
Luzula spicata (L.) DC. | Rush |
Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz & Thell. | Forb |
Poa alpina L. | Grass |
Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Bab. | Evergreen shrub |
Pedicularis lapponica L. | Forb |
Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray | Forb |
Salix herbacea L. | Deciduous shrub |
Sibbaldia procumbens L. | Forb |
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richter | Grass |
Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum | Forb |
Vaccinium uliginosum L. | Deciduous shrub |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. | Evergreen shrub |
Understory species | Group |
Alectoria nigricans (Ach.) Nyl. | Lichen |
Alectoria ochroleuca (Hoffm.) A. Massal. | Lichen |
Aulacomnium turgidum (Wahlenb.) Schwägr. | Acrocarp |
Cassiope hypnoides (L.) D. Don | Evergreen dwarf shrub |
Cetraria sp. | Lichen |
Flavocetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Kärnefelt & A. Thell | Lichen |
Cetrariella delisei (Bory ex Schaer.) Kärnfelt & A. Thell | Lichen |
Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. | Lichen |
Flavocetraria nivalis (L.) Kärnefelt & A. Thell | Lichen |
Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot. | Lichen |
Cladonia sp. | Lichen |
Cladonia gracilis (L.) Willd. | Lichen |
Cladonia uncialis (L.) F. H. Wigg. | Lichen |
Diapensia lapponica L. | Cushion evergreen |
Dicranum elongatum Schleich. ex Schwägr. | Acrocarp |
Dicranum groenlandicum Brid. | Acrocarp |
Dicranella subulata (Hedw.) Schimp. | Acrocarp |
Gymnomitrion sp. | Liverwort |
Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp. | Pleurocarp |
Icmadophila ericetorum (L.) Zahlbr. | Lichen |
Kiaeria starkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) I. Hagen | Acrocarp |
Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. | Evergreen shrub |
Lophozia lycopodioides (Wallr.) Cogn. | Liverwort |
Nephroma arcticum (L.) Torss. | Lichen |
Pertusaria dactylina (Ach.) Nyl. | Lichen |
Peltigera aphthosa (L.) Willd. | Lichen |
Peltigera scabrosa Th. Fr. | Lichen |
Pleurocladula albescens (Hook.) Grolle | Liverwort |
Pleurozium schreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt. | Pleurocarp |
Polytrichum alpinum Hedw. | Acrocarp |
Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw. | Acrocarp |
Polytrichum piliferum Hedw. | Acrocarp |
Polytrichum sexangulare Floerke ex Brid. | Acrocarp |
Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb. | Acrocarp |
Psoroma hypnorum (Vahl) Gray | Lichen |
Ptilidium ciliare (L.) Hampe | Liverwort |
Racomitrium lanuginosum (Hedw.) Brid. | Acrocarp |
Solorina crocea (L.) Ach. | Lichen |
Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. | Lichen |
Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer | Lichen |
Stereocaulon sp. | Lichen |
Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske | Pleurocarp |
Tetraplodon mnioides (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. | Acrocarp |
Thamnolia vermicularis (Sw.) Schaer. | Lichen |
Ochrolechia frigida (Sw.) Lynge | Lichen |