Winter Flora

Stereocaulon, Racomitrium and Cetraria appearing from under the snow on a relatively warm day in February. The Racomitrium moss is immediately green and ready to go!

Tiny leaves of Saxifraga oppositifolia and Thymus praecox

Autumn appearance of the mountain avens (Dryas octopetala). It has several names in Icelandic, depending on its growth stage. When it grows these hairy tufts after flowering, it is called “Hárbrúða”.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus

More Racomitrium in front of Kirkjufell in Haukadalur (Iceland). This mountain and adjacent valley were believed to be haunted.

RÚNA MAGNÚSSON