Flora of Iceland: Welcome to the plants section of the Natural History of Iceland site.

This section means to offer you in a pleasant way information on the flora of Iceland. Unless stated otherwise, all photo's shown here have been made on Iceland.
On the left you will find thumbnails and names of specific species. They are grouped together in easy-reference groups. I have tried to group them in series of approximately 10 for acceptable loading times. If you want to know more about the ecological aspects of the flora of Iceland then visit my background information page on the flora in this section.

I drew up the The Natural History of Iceland site from personal enthousiasm. I am however, not a professional, meaning that the site was built in my spare time. For the plants section it means that it is in no way a "complete" representation" of the flora. In time I will add new entries on species not treated yet. In the meanwhile you can find further information on Icelandic plants on the "links" pages and the books & literature page (both can be found in the "more topics" section).

Surfing the pages on the Natural History of Iceland
Click either on a thumbnail or the Latin name of the plant species of your choice listed on the left side of the screen in order to get the page describing this species as well as photographs of the species.

Click on the photo in the pages describing the species to get the full size.
The first list is that of tree-related species on Iceland including the low procumbent Dwarf Birch and Juniper.
Links to other lists are at right below this section

A brief introduction to common Iceland plants
Text & Photographs by Dick Vuijk
- unless stated otherwise
Woody plants list (trees & shrubs),
look here for more plant groups lists
Click on thumbnails or latin names to get information on the species.