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Botany with Gotland Nature
Discover orchids, endemics and moreWith a guide from GotlandNature.com you will go straight to the interesting species. Meet the various biotopes and focus on the rich Gotland flora. We do the rest. Guides, hotels, cabins or food. And we dont leave out our rich cultural heritage.
Gotland – island of flowers and sun
Gotland is known among botanists for its unique and rich flora which is the result of the islands lime stone base, a mild climate and a gently handled cultural landscape. The orchids are normally the main reason for the botanist to visit Gotland. 40 species of orchids have been found on the island, though three of them are nowadays gone. The remaining 37 is possible to meet between early may and mid august. Some of these species don't excist on other swedish locations, such as Anacamptis palustris and Orchis spitzelii.
But there is so much more to see, from coast to wetlands; from marshes, lagoons, lakes and streams to the famous Gotland meadows!
CHECKLIST OF INTERESTING SPECIES
| English | Latin |
| Interrupted Clubmoss | Lycopodium annotinum |
| Shady Horsetail | Equisetum pratense |
| Variegated Horsetail | Equisetum variegatum |
| Leathery Grape-fern | Botrychium multifidum |
| Norway Spruce | Picea abies |
| Polygonum oxyspermum | |
| Long-stalked Orache | Atriplex longipes ssp. longipes |
| Early Orache | Atriplex longipes ssp. praecox |
| Arenaria gothica | |
| Grey Mouse-ear | Cerastium brachypetalum |
| Cerastium subtetrandrum | |
| Fastigiate Gypsophila | Gypsophila fastigiata |
| Smooth Rupturewort | Herniaria glabra |
| Jagged Chickweed | Holosteum umbellatum |
| Proliferous Pink | Petrorhagia prolifera |
| Perennial Knawel | Scleranthus perennis |
| Sea Campion ssp. | Silene uniflora ssp. petraea |
| Silene viscosa | |
| Stellaria crassifolia | |
| Sticky Catchfly | Viscaria vulgaris |
| Yellow Pheasant's eye | Adonis vernalis |
| Yellow Anemone | Anemone ranunculoides |
| Snowdrop Windflower | Anemone sylvestris |
| Forking Larkspur | Consolida regalis |
| Liverleaf | Hepatica nobilis |
| Many-owered Buttercup ssp. | Ranunculus polyanthemos ssp. xpolyanthemoides |
| Pulsatilla | Pulsatilla pratensis |
| Pulsatilla patens | |
| Pasqueflower ssp. | Pulatilla vulgaris ssp. gotlandica |
| Thalictrum minus ssp. minus | |
| Small Meadow-rue ssp. | Thalictrum simplex ssp. simplex |
| Small Meadow-rue ssp. | Thalictrum simplex ssp. tenuifolia |
| Corydalis gotlandica | |
| Corydalis intermedia | |
| Corydalis pumila | |
| Bird-in-a-bush | Corydalis solida |
| Sea Rocket ssp. | Cakile maritima ssp. baltica |
| Erucastrum supinum | |
| Tall Wormseed Wallower | Erysimum strictum |
| Hutchinsia | Hornungia petraea |
| Tasteless Stonecrop | Sedum sexangulare |
| Alchemilla plicata | |
| Alchemilla monticola | |
| Alchemilla acutiloba | |
| Alchemilla glaucescens | |
| Alchemilla micans | |
| Hairy Lady's Mantle | Alchemilla filicaulis |
| Cotoneaster canescens | |
| Wild Cotoneaster ? | Cotoneaster integerrimus |
| Cotoneaster niger | |
| Crataegus rhipidophylla var. lindmanii | |
| Crataegus rhipidophylla var. rhipidophylla | |
| Shrubby Cinquefoil | Dasiphora fruticosa |
| Creamy Strawberry | Fragaria viridis |
| May Rose | Rosa majalis |
| Soft Downy-rose | Rosa villosa ssp. mollis |
| Potentilla acaulis ssp. arenaria | |
| Potentilla sterneri | |
| Potentilla subarenaria | |
| Swedish Service-tree | Sorbus hybrida |
| Swedish Whitebeam | Sorbus intermedia |
| Sorbus meinichii | |
| Common Whitebeam group | Sorbus rupicola |
| Scorpion Senna | Hippocrepis emerus |
| Black Pea | Lathyrus niger |
| Spring Pea | Lathyrus vernus |
| Yellow Oxytropis | Oxytropis campestris |
| Oxytropis pilosa | |
| Dragon´s-teeth | Tetragonolobus maritimus |
| Trifolium alpestre | |
| Mountain Clover | Trifolium montanum |
| Danzig Vetch | Vicia cassubica |
| Fine-leaved Vetch | Vicia tenuifolia |
| Shining Crane's-bill | Geranium lucidum |
| Marsh Spurge | Euphorbia palustris |
| Dwarf Milkwort | Polygala amarella |
| Tufted Milkwort | Polygala comosa |
| Small Mallow | Malva pusilla |
| Wonder Violet | Viola mirabilis |
| Viola pumila | |
| Teesdale Violet | Viola rupestris |
| Fumana procumbens | |
| Garden angelica ssp. | Angelica archangelica ssp. litoralis |
| Sermountain | Laserpitium latifolium |
| Cambridge Milk-parsley | Selinum carvifolia |
| Moon Carrot | Seseli libanotis |
| Prince´s Pine | Chimaphila umbellata |
| One-flowered Wintergreen | Moneses uniflora |
| Pale-green Wintergreen | Pyrola chlorantha |
| Androsace septentrionalis | |
| Bird's-eye Primrose | Primula farinosa |
| Autumn Gentian | Gentianella amarella |
| Dune Gentian | Gentianella uligonosa |
| Swallowwort | Vincetoxicum hirundinaria |
| Dyer's Woodruff | Asperula tinctoria |
| Galium rotundifolium | |
| Pyramidal Bugle | Ajuga pyramidalis |
| Alkanet | Anchusa officinalis |
| Stickseed | Lappula squarrosa |
| Stiff Forget-me-not | Myosotis stricta |
| Dragon Head | Dracocephalum ruyschiana |
| Broad-leaved Hemp-nettle | Galeopsis ladanum |
| Marsh Lousewort ssp. | Pedicularis palustris ssp. opsiantha |
| Large Self-heal | Prunella grandiflora |
| Norfolk Skullcap | Scutellaria hastifolia |
| Water Germander | Teucrium scordium |
| Veronica opaca | |
| Breckland Speedwell | Veronica praecox |
| Spring Speedwell | Veronica verna |
| Alpine Bartsia | Bartsia alpina |
| Euphrasia salisburgensis var. schoenicola | |
| Eyebright | Euphrasia stricta var. brevipila |
| Eyebright variety | Euphrasia stricta var. gotlandica |
| Euphrasia stricta var. stricta | |
| Swedish Eyebright | Euphrasia stricta var. suecica |
| Eyebright variety | Euphrasia stricta var. tenuis |
| Crested Cow-wheat | Melampyrum cristatum |
| Small Cow-wheat | Melampyrum sylvaticum |
| Marsh Lousewort ssp. | Pedicularis palustris ssp. opsiantha |
| Saaremaa Rattlebox | Rhinanthus osiliensis |
| Common Globularia | Globularia vulgaris |
| Alpine Butterwort | Pinguicula alpina |
| Twinflower | Linnaea borealis |
| Field Wormwood | Artemisa campestris |
| Artemisia rupestris | |
| Leaess Hawk´s-beard | Crepis praemorsa |
| Crepis tectorum var. glabrescens | |
| Narrow-leaved Hawk´s-beard | Crepis tectorum ssp. tectorum |
| Goldilocks Aster | Crinitaria linosyris |
| Yellow Everlasting Daisy | Helichrysum arenarium |
| Spotted Cat's-ear | Hypochoeris maculata |
| Meadow Fleabane | Inula britannica |
| Inula ensifolia | |
| Irish Fleabane | Inula salicina |
| Wild oak-leaved lettuce | Mulgedium quercinum |
| Blue lettuce | Mulgedium tataricum |
| Petasites spurius | |
| Yellow Fox-and-cubs ssp. | Pilosella aurantiaca ssp. dimorpha |
| Pilosella cymosa ssp. cymosa | |
| Pilosella cymosa var. gotlandica | |
| Tall Mouse-ear-hawkweed | Pilosella cymosa var. praealta |
| Pilosella dichotomum | |
| Viper's-grass | Scorzonera humilis |
| Common Ragwort ssp. | Senecioa jacobaea ssp. gotlandicus |
| Sea Wormwood ssp. | Serephidium maritimum ssp. humifusum |
| Taraxacum sect. Obliqua | |
| Fen Pondweed | Potamogeton coloratus |
| Tofieldia calyculata | |
| Gagea arvensis | |
| Gagea minima | |
| Gagea pratensis | |
| Green-winged Orchid | Anacamptis morio |
| Loose-flowered Orchid? | Anacamptis palustris |
| Narrow-leaved Helleborine | Cephalanthera longifolia |
| Red Helleborine | Cephalanthera rubra |
| Coralroot Orchid | Corallorhiza trifida |
| Lady's-slipper | Cypripedium calceolus |
| Early Marsh-orchid ssp. | Dactylorhiza incarnata var. cruenta |
| Dactylorhiza sambucina | |
| Narrow-leaved Marsh-orchid | Dactylorhiza traunsteineri |
| Dark-red Helleborine | Epipactis atrorubens |
| Short-spurred Fragrant Orchid | Gymnadenia odoratissima |
| Fen Orchid | Liparis loeselii |
| Burnt Orchid | Neotinia ustulata |
| Orchis spitzelii | |
| Military Orchid | Orchis militaris |
| St Bernard's lily | Anthericum liliago |
| Little St Bernard's lily | Anthericum ramosum |
| Chives ssp. | Allium schoenoprasum ssp. alvarense |
| Alpine Rush ssp. | Juncus alpinoarticulatus ssp. alpinoarticulatus |
| Fibrous Tussock-weed | Carex appropinquata |
| Club Sedge | Carex buxbaumii |
| Hair Sedge | Carex capillaris |
| Carex hartmanii | |
| Bird's-foot Sedge | Carex ornithopoda |
| Downy-fruited Sedge | Carex tomentosa |
| True Fox-sedge | Carex vulpina |
| Brown Bog-rush | Schoenus ferrugineus |
| Cotton Deergrass | Trichophorum alpinum |
| Nit grass | Alopecurus arundinaceus |
| Lesser Hairy-broom | Bromopsis benekenii |
| Calamagrostis varia | |
| Festuca polesica | |
| Red Fescue ssp. | Festuca rubra ssp. oelandica |
| Alpine Meadow-grass | Poa alpina |
| Bulbous Meadow-grass | Poa bulbosa |
| Poa supina | |
| Blue Moor-grass | Sesleria uliginosa |
| Hairy Melick | Melica ciliata |
Anacamptis palustris
Pulatilla vulgaris ssp. gotlandica
| Red Helleborine |
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