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

Snow Threadwort (Pleurocladula albescens) is a small liverwort ofwhite or greyish-green (sometimes bright green) color, which grows in tough tufts or amidst other bryophytes. Its leaves are tiny, but with a hand lens they can be seen to be rounded, deeply concave and distinctly bi-Iobed. Small, egg-shaped leaves lie hidden on the underside o fthe stem. The species is very characteristicfor snow-bed habitats, sometimes it also grows on stony slopes Woody Feather-moss (Tomentypnum nitens) grows in short tufts in eutrophicfens as well as in wet tundra communities mainly on calcareous and base-rich substrata 85