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Snøfrytle Luzula nivalis (Laest) syn. L. arctica (Blytt)
Høgde 5-15 cm, brede blad 3-6 mm
Vokser i litt fuktig fjelleng og flytjord høgt til fjells.
Arctic woorush is an
arctic / circumpolar and rare
species and in our area concentrated in the interior, high mountains of
Troms County. Two isolated areas in Fennoscandia: 1: Western Finnmark-
southwestern Lule lappmark (Sweden) and 2, in southern Norway around
Dovre Mts.
The locations are few, often out-of-the-way, and L. n. is not
abundant in its habitats. However one fine and easily reached station in
Troms, Gaivuona suohkan: Mt Gussachokka, in north-facing, wet, grassy
slopes at 890 m. a.s.l.
Picture: Luzula nivalis on wet solifluxion terraces at Mt Loapmi, Gaivouna
sohkan 1080 m.a.s.l.
