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groups. At Norðtunga E3 is highest, but E2 at Ásólfsstaðir, Ei
is also higher in percentage at Ásólfsstaðir than at Norðtunga.
My time being very short, as mentioned before, I couldn’t
examine the vegetation bordering upon the forest as thor-
oughly as the forest itself, with the exception of the swamp
lying near the lowest circling-station (table I, column 4).
But, in order to have something for comparison, I wrote
a flora-list over two of the vegetation-groups bordering on
the forest and which were nearest to the forest-land I circled,
i. e. the heather-tracts and the Grimmia heath.
At the uppermost edge of the forest and a bit downwards
alongside it, was the Grimmia heath zone with scanty phan-
erogam-vegetation.
Higher up the vegetation gradually grew less and at the
top were fell-fields, and the fell-fields-vegetation was of
frequent occurrence among the Grimmia heath.
Therefore, it is possible that in the plant-list some plants
are included, which rather belong to the feli-field vegetation
than to Grimmia heath. Here follows a list over the pre-
dominant plants, and which I noticed in this place.
H Agroatis tenuis . Ez H Elyna Bellardi A3
Ch Arabis petræa . A. Ch Empetrum nigrum Ei
Ch Armeria vulgaris . Aj H Festuca rubra E<
Ch Alchemilia alpina . A2 H ovina E<
Q Carex rigida . As H Galium Normanni Ei
Ch Cerastium alpinum . As Ch Salix herbacea A3
Th Gentiana aurea . Ai H Saxifraga Hirculus As
H Juncus trifidus . A2 Th Sedum annuum Ai
H Luzula spicata . A 2 Ch Selaginella selaginoides , . A.
H Parnassia palustris ...... . E2 Ch Silene acaulis A3
H Poa glauca . A3 Ch mariíima Ai
G Polygonum viviparum .. . A:í Ch Thymus serpyllum Er.
Ch Salix glauca . Á3 H Trisetum spicatum A3
Ch Dryas cotopetala . A3