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Danish: Slåen/Slåentorn, Finnish: Oratuomi, Icelandic: Þyrniplóma, Norwegian: Slåpetorn, Swedish: Slån/Slånbär. Text and top photo by Linn Borgen Nilsen. Blackthorn or sloe belongs to the rose family and is a deciduous shrub, native to Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa. Its...
Danish: pibeløg, Finnish: pillisipuli, Icelandic: pipulaukur, Norwegian: pipeløk, Swedish: piplök. Text by Kristina Bjureke. Photos by Kristina Bjureke and NordGen. The Welsh onion is a perennial plant with inflated leaves as long as the stem. The flowers are white and...
(Danish: hvid-kløver, Finnish: valkoapila, Icelandic: hvítsmári, Norwegian: hvitkløver, Swedish: vitklöver.) Text by Magnus Göransson and Jens Weibull. White clover is such a common plant that it is easily forgotten, but it is important in both folklore and modern agriculture. It...
(Swedish: åkermynta, Norwegian: åkermynte, Finnish: rantaminttu, Danish: Ager-mynte). Text by Charlotte Goodman, top photo by Virva Lyytikäinen. Mentha arvensis, common name wild, corn or field mint, is a herbaceous plant commonly used as a flavouring in food, drink and cosmetics....
(Swedish: blåbär, Norwegian: blåbær, Finnish: mustikka, Danish: blåbær, Icelandic: aðalbláber). Text by Remi Moerenhout, top photo by Peter Henriksson. One of the delicious berry species found in the Nordic forests is the bilberry, also called European blueberry, blaeberry, huckleberry, or...
(Danish: korbær; Finnish: sinivatukka; Icelandic: daggarber; Norwegian: blåbringebær; Swedish: blåhallon.) Text by Heli Fitzgerald, top photo by Saxifraga/Jan van der Straaten. European dewberry (Rubus caesius) is a small shrub belonging to the large and diverse genus Rubus, which includes many...
(Danish: Fjeld-rapgræs; Finnish: Tunturinurmikka; Icelandic: Fjallasveifgras; Norwegian: Fjellrapp; Swedish: Fjällgröe.) Text and photos by Magnus Göransson. Plants have many ways to reproduce. Most grasses are either wind pollinated or self-pollinated and produce seed as a result of that pollination, including...
Text by Kristina Bjureke, all photos by Oddvar Pedersen. Wild radish, Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. raphanistrum, is an old field weed that probably came to Scandinavia in the Bronze Age or Stone Age (Hartvig 2015 about Denmark). Wild radish is annual....
Text by Jens Weibull, top photo by Peter Henriksson. ” − The reason for the Swedish name hundäxing is said to be that the dogs, when they want to vomit, chew especially this grass, whose rough leaves easily achieve the...
(Swedish: fjälltimotej; Norwegian: Fjelltimotei; Finnish: Pohjantähkiö; Danish: Fjeld-Rottehale; Icelandic: Fjallaskollapuntur) Text by Anna Palmé, photos by Magnus Göransson. To appreciate the beauty of alpine timothy you need to get close to the ground, but it will be worth it. It is a 10 -30 cm tall grass and generally has attractive short, plump, dark violet-brown inflorescences and violet tinted leaves in sparse tufts. It has a bipolar...
