Borovichev E.A. Botanical excursion on the Northern Soroya. Hammerfest, 2014.

Angelica (Angelica archangelica) is a tallplant on alpine and subalpine meadows. Its tube-shapedyoung sprouts were traditionally used by Samipeople as a salad Alpine Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla alpina) has very decorative silvery hairy palmate leaves and used as a ground cover and in rock gardens (Trollius europaeus). When soil moisture increases, tall herbs and grasses like Meadowsweet ( Filipendula ulmaria), Water Avens (Geum rivale) and Tufted Hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) become dominant. Higher up the mountains, in the alpine zone, Nardus sfMcta-dommated small patches o f grasslands indicate deep snow cover and impeded drainage in early summer in these habitats. On damp well-drained, sea-exposed mountain slopes and sea terrains species-rich communities with a shared dominance of tundra dwarf shrubs and mesophilous herbs can be found. Mountain Avens ( Dryas octopetala ), Stone Bramble ( Rubus saxatilis), Snow Gentian (Gentiana nivalis), Gentianella attrea and Cat’s foot ( Antennaria diolca) are most notable species. Grassland species include Alpine Saw- wort ( Saussurea alpina), Melancholy Thistle, Bog star (Pamassiapalustris) attracts pollinating insects by sterile stamens lipped with glistening drop­ likefalse nectaries. One o ffive stamens becomes mature per day, so one can calculate how old the flower is. The carpel o fgynoecia matures later on, to prevent self-pollination Alpine Yellow-violet (Viola biflora) is a delicate plant with thin roundedleaves, fragile stem andyellow flowers. It grows in damp alpine and subalpine meadows, early snow beds and in mountain birch forests 45