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Common in most parts of the lowland except in S., where it seems to be very
rare (Goðaland northeast of Eyjafjallajökull, Hornafjörður, rare (I.Ó.)). From thc
central parts, too, thcre are but few records: Hvítárvatn, Fróðárdalur, Karlsdráttur
(J.Gr., 1934).
In Salix and Betula scrub this species often occurs in great abundance.
Life-form: Ch.
In woods and scrub, on heaths, hill-slopes etc.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VII—VIII.
Max. height: 28 cm; average: 14 cm.
Geogr. area: Eur.: E.S.I.; central and northern Eur. to 71°10' N. lat. Mountains
of S. Eur., Caucasus.—Asia: Northern Asia from 67° N., eastward to Lake Baikal.
Asia Minor.
323. Vaccinium uliginosum Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 350.
K. & M., 1770, p. 207.—Babington, 1871, p. 317.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881,
p. 63.—Stefánsson, Fl. Isl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 161.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 181,—
O. & Gr., 1934, p. 107.
Flora Dan. tab. 231 and tab. 1516 (f. microþhyllum Lge.).
Icelandic: Bláberjalyng. Danish: Mose-Bolle. English : Bog-Whortleberry, Bog-Bil-
berry.
Common in all parts, in the lowland as well as the central highland.
Onc of the dominant species in heaths and heather-moors (T.T., 1914, p. 339).
var. þubescens Lge. rather frequent.
Lifc-form : Ch.
In heaths and moors, on hill-slopes and plateaux, etc., in scrub., Grimmia-heaths,
lava-fields, screes, etc.
Flor. VI—VIII; fr. mat. VIII.
Max. height: 30 cm; average: 12 cm.
Geogr. area: Am. : From Labrador to Alaska, southward to New Hampshirc,
Michigan and Brit. Columbia.—Greenl.: W. 60°—76°45'. E. 60°—77°40'.—Eur.:
Fær.; E.S.; boreal Eur. In Scandinavia from 71°10' N., Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya.
Central Eur. mountains; Caucasus.—Asia: Boreal parts: Northern Siberia, Kam-
chatka, Korca, Japan.
324. Vaccinium Vitis-idaea Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 351.
Gliemann, 1824, p. 141.—Baring-Gould, 1863, p. 430.—Babington, 1871,
p. 317.—Gronlund, Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 63.—Stefánsson, Fl. IsL, ed. 1, 1901,
p. 162.—Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 182.—Ing. Óskarsson, 1929a, p. 47.—O. & Gr.,
1934, p. 107.
Flora Dan. tab. 40.
Icclandic: Rauðberjalyng. Danish : Tyttebær. English: Cowberry; Red Whortlc-
berry; Cranbcrry.
This species was first recorded without locality by Gliemann, loc. cit., (on the
authority of Morch). It has now been found with certainty in three different places
in N.: Uxahver (B.G., loc. cit.), Núpasveit (G. Hjaltason, 1896), Siglufjörður