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

Photo N. Koroleva Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia ssp. groenlandica) is one o floveliestflowering plants o fdry alpine, subalpine and seashore grasslands ofSoroya important input to island biodiversity, some of tile insects and vascular plants are strictly limited to these communities. Moreover, grasslands are essential element in the life cycle o f numerous birds and mammals. People o f Suruya use meadows for sheep grazing and hay. Lesser Clubmoss (Selaginella selaginoides) is a non­ flowering plant which resembles a moss. It has short slender perennial sterile stems and erect annualfertile shoots, which bear terminal cones o fyellowish sporophylls with mega- and microsporangia. It inhabits peaty spring banks, damp alpine meadows, sandy seashore and dunes NetleafWillow (Salix reticulata) is a prostrate deciduous shrub, leaves with impressed veins are glossy green above andfelted beneath. It grows on wet, often slightly calcareous alpine meadows, rock river banks and sandy shores 49