The Flora of Spitsbergen is surprisingly varied.
For example there are 5 different species of trees (four are Willows the fifth is the little Dwarf Birch). Although they are trees, they stay very short, the tallest plant some is grass which reaches a maximum height of 30 cm. In this scenery you will often find the grass higher than the trees!     

Because the summer is so short, there is almost no time for the plants to make seed. Most of the plants propagate by stolons or rhizomes. 

Papaver dahlianum

Saxifraga hieracifolia

Cerastium arcticum

Ranunculus nivalis

Saxifraga oppostifolia

Draba

Cassiope tetragona

Saxifraga cespitosa

Saxifraga cespitosa

Saxifraga cespitosa

Dryas octopetala

Dryas octopetala

Saxifraga oppostifolia

Saxifraga oppostifolia

 Stellaria hunifusa

Papaver dahlianum

Papaver dahlianum

Papaver dahlianum

Papaver (mutation)

Salix polaris

Minuartia rubella

Draba

Saxifraga cespitosa

Mertensia maritima

Mertensia maritima

Ranunculus nivalis

Saxifraga platysepala

Saxifraga platysepala

Erigeron humilis

Cerastium arcticum

Pedicularis dysantha

Coclearia officinalis

Silene acaulis?

Silene acaulis

Silene acaulis

Salix polaris

Calamagrostis stricta?

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