- List of species on Severnaya Zemlya
Species recorded on
Severnaya Zemlya :Flora
Vascular plants
Most common:
* "Cerastium " sp.
* "Papaver polare "
* "Saxifraga caespitosa "
* "Saxifraga oppositifolia "Less common:
* "Alopecurus alpinus "
* "Cerastium regelii "
* "Deschampsia " sp.
* "Draba " sp.
* "Eritrichum villosum "
* "Novosieversia glacialis "
* "Phippsia " sp.
* "Poa abbreviata "
* "Poa arctica "
* "Saxifraga cernua "
* "Saxifraga nivalis "
* "Salk polare "
* "Stellaria " sp.
* "Minuartia " sp.Mosses
Most common:
* "Detrichum flexicaule "
* "Dicranum " sp.
* "Pogonatum " sp.
* "Sanionia " sp.
* "Bryum " sp.
* "Orthothecium chryseum "
* "Tortura " sp.Less common:
* "Andreaea " sp.
* "Aulacomnium turgidum "
* "Bryum cryophilum "
* "Calliergon giganteum "
* "Calliergon obtusifolium "
* "Calliergon sarmentosum "
* "Calliergon giganteum "
* "Campylophus " sp.
* "Dichodontium " sp.
* "Dicranoweisia " sp.
* "Dicranoweisia crispula "
* "Dirrichum " sp.
* "Ditrichum flexicaule "
* "Drepanocladus revolvens "
* "Drepanocladus exannulatus "
* "Hylocomium splendens "
* "Jungermannia " sp.
* "Loeskypnum badium "
* "Philonotis " sp.
* "Polytrichum " sp.
* "Ptilidium ciliare "
* "Racomitrium lanuginosum "
* "Sanionia uncinata "
* "Schistidium apocarpum "
* "Scorpidium turgescens "
* "Tomenthypnum nitens "Lichens
Most common:
* "Cetraria nivalis "
* "Thamnolia vermicularis "
* "Cetraria " sp.
* "Cornicularia " sp.
* "Lecidea " sp.
* "Ochrolechia " sp.
* "Parmelia" sp.Less common:
* "Alectoria " sp.
* "Buellia " sp.
* "Caloplaca " sp.
* "Cetaria cucullata "
* "Cetaria " sp.
* "Cladia " sp.
* "Cladonia " sp.
* "Dactylina arctica "
* "Dermatocarpon " sp.
* "Hypogymnia " sp.
* "Ochrolechia frigida "
* "Peltigera " sp.
* "Ramalina " sp.
* "Rhizocarpon " sp.
* "Sphaerophorus " sp.
* "Stereocaulon " sp.
* "Thamnolia vermicularis "
* "Thamnolia " sp.
* "Umbilicaria " sp.
* "Xanthoria elegans "
* "Xanthoria " sp.Fauna
Breeding birds
*
little auk ("Alle alle")
*kittiwake ("Rissa tridactyla")
*black guillemot ("Cepphus grylle")
*ivory gull ("Pagophila eburnea")
*glaucous gull ("Larus hyperboreus")
*snow bunting ("Plectrophenax nivalis")
*purple sandpiper ("Calidris maritima")
*brent goose ("Branta bernicla").*
Arctic tern ("Sterna paradisaea")
*herring gull ("Larus argentatus")
*red-throated diver ("Gavia stellata")
*king eider ("Somateria spectabilis")
*sanderling ("Calidris alba")
*Arctic skua ("Stercorarius parasiticus")
*long-tailed skua ("Stercorarius longicaudus")
*snowy owl ("Bubo scandiacus")*
Lapland bunting ("Calcarius lapponicus").*
pomarine skua ("Stercorarius pomarinus")
*Ross's gull ("Rhodostethia rosea")Transient birds
*
Brünnich's Guillemot ("Uria lomvia")
* Rook ("Corvus frugilegus")
*White Wagtail ("Motacilla alba")
*Fulmar ("Fulmarus glacialis")
*Long-tailed Duck ("Clangula hyemalis")
*Common Eider ("Somateria mollissima")
*Peregrine Falcon ("Falco peregrinus")
*Rock Ptarmigan ("Lagopus mutus")
* Knot ("Calidris canutus")
*Sharp-tailed Sandpiper ("Calidris acuminata")
*Red Phalarope ("Phalaropus fulicarius")
*Great Skua ("Catharacta skua")
*Sabine's Gull ("Xema sabini")Mammals
*
collared lemming ("Dicrostonyx torquatus")
*Arctic fox ("Alopex lagopus")
*wolf ("Canis lupus")
*ermine ("Mustela erminea")
*Arctic hare ("Lepus timidus")
*reindeer ("Rangifer tarandus").References
* [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-222.pdf Bird Observations in Severnaya Zemlya]
* [http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~penguin/polarbiosci/issues/pdf/1997-Bolter.pdf Preliminary Results of Botanical and Microbiological Investigations on Severnaya Zemlya 1995]
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