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|Introduction=[[Payalwa]]’s landscape supports a distinctive range of flora and fauna adapted to its temperate marshy lowland conditions. This page lists some of the more unique creatures and plants native to Payalwa.
|Introduction=[[Payalwa]]’s landscape supports a distinctive range of flora and fauna adapted to its temperate marshy lowland conditions. This page lists some of the more unique creatures and plants native to Payalwa.
|Flora=[[File:Velhudo 01.jpg|thumb|Drawing of the Velhudo fungus.]]
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{{further|List of flora of Payalwa}}
310 species of [[vascular plant]]s were said to be found in Greenland in 2019,{{cn|date=September 2022}} including 15 [[endemism|endemic]] species{{cn|date=June 2023}}. Although individual plants can be profuse in favourable situations, relatively few plant species tend to be represented in a given place.
 
In northern Greenland, the ground is covered with a carpet of mosses and low-lying shrubs such as [[Salix herbacea|dwarf willows]] and [[crowberry|crowberries]]. Flowering plants in the north include [[Stylophorum diphyllum|yellow poppy]], ''[[Pedicularis]]'', and ''[[Pyrola]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bay|first1=Christian|title=A phytogeographical study of the vascular plants of northern Greenland - north of 74°00 northern latitude|journal=Meddelelser om Grønland|date=1992|volume=36|pages=1–102}}</ref><ref name="brit1911"/> Plant life in southern Greenland is more abundant, and certain plants, such as the [[Betula nana|dwarf birch]] and willow, may grow several feet high.
 
The only natural forest in Greenland is found in the [[Qinngua Valley]]. The forest consists mainly of downy birch (''[[Betula pubescens]]'') and grey-leaf willow (''[[Salix glauca]]''), growing up to {{convert|7|–|8|m|ft}} tall,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/NA/Greenland/Kujalleq/Qinngua.htm|title=Qinngua Valley|publisher=Wondermondo|date=2013-06-23|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-date=2017-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220312/http://www.wondermondo.com/Countries/NA/Greenland/Kujalleq/Qinngua.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> although nine stands of conifers had been cultivated elsewhere by 2007.<ref name="times"/>
 
Horticulture shows a certain degree of success. Plants such as [[broccoli]], [[radish]]es, [[spinach]], [[leek]]s, [[lettuce]], [[turnip]]s, [[chervil]], [[potato]]es and [[parsley]] are grown up to considerable latitudes, while the [[Kujalleq|very south]] of the country also rears [[Astereae|asters]], ''[[Nemophila]]'', [[Reseda (plant)|mignonette]], [[rhubarb]], [[sorrel]] and [[carrot]]s.<ref name="brit1911"/> Over the decade to 2007, the growing season lengthened by as much as three weeks.<ref name="times"/>
 
In the 13th-century ''[[Konungs skuggsjá]] (King's mirror)'', it is stated that the old Norsemen tried in vain to raise barley.<ref name="brit1911"/> Recent research from archaeological digs on Greenland by the National Museum in Copenhagen discovered barley grains and concluded that the Vikings were able to grow barley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sciencenordic.com/agriculture-archaeology-denmark/vikings-grew-barley-in-greenland/1447746|title=Vikings grew barley in Greenland|last1=Hildebr|first1=Sybille|last2=t|date=2012-02-03|website=sciencenordic.com|language=no|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref>
 
<gallery>
Image:Vaccinium uliginosum fruit.jpg|[[Bog Bilberry]] (Arctic Blueberry)<br />''Vaccinium uliginosum''<br />Kigutaarnat nagguii / mosebølle / blåbær<br />[[:kl:Kigutaarnat|Kigutaarnat]], [[:da:Blåbær|Blåbær]]
 
Image:Vaccinium vitis-idaea 20060824 003.jpg|[[Vaccinium vitis-idaea|Cowberry]]<br />''Vaccinium vitis-idaea''<br />kimmernat / tyttebær<br />[[:kl:Kimmernat|Kimmernat]], [[:da:Tyttebær|Tyttebær]]
 
Image:Alpine bearberry in Varrio Nature Reserve, Finland.jpg|[[Alpine bearberry]]<br />''Arctostaphylos alpina''<br />bjerg melbærris<br />[[:da:Melbærris|Melbærris]]
 
Image:Juniperus communis cones.jpg|[[Juniper berry]]<br />''Alpine Juniper''<br />enebær<br />[[:kl:Kakillarnaq|Kakillarnaq; Paarnaqulluk]], [[:da:Enebær (Juniperus)|Enebær]]
 
Image:Black crowberry.jpg|[[Crowberry]]<br />''Empetrum hermaphroditum''<br />paarnat / sortebær / revling<br />[[:kl:Paarnat|Paarnat]], [[:da:Almindelig Revling|Almindelig Revling]]
 
Image:Arctic cottongrass, Inuvik, NT.jpg|[[Arctic Cottongrass]]<br />''Eriophorum scheuchzeri''<br />ukaliusaq / polar kæruld<br />[[:da:Ukaliusaq|Ukaliusaq]], [[:da:Kæruld|Kæruld]]
 
Image:Gewöhnlicher Löwenzahn Taraxacum officinale agg. Wiese.jpg|[[Taraxacum|Dandelion]]<br />''Taraxacum lacerum''<br />inneruulaq / asorut / seqiniusaq / mælkebøtte<br />[[:kl:Inneruulaq|Inneruulaq; Asorut; Seqiniusaq]], [[:da:Mælkebøtte|Mælkebøtte]]
 
Image:Koehler1887-GardenAngelica.jpg|[[Garden angelica]]<br />''Angelica archangelica''<br />kuanneq / kvan<br />[[:kl:Kuanneq|Kuanneq]], [[:da:Kvan|Kvan]]
 
Image:Cladonia rangiferina.jpg|[[Cladonia borealis|Boreal cup lichen]]<br />''Cladonia borealis'' Stenroos<br />orsuaasat ermusingasut /rensdyrlav<br /> [[:kl:Orsuaasat ermusingasut|Orsuaasat ermusingasut]], [[:da:Bægerlav-familien|Bægerlav-familien]]
</gallery>
 
 
[[File:Velhudo 01.jpg|thumb|Drawing of the Velhudo fungus.]]
[[Velharrama]] - A shrub that is known for it's bright red berries. The berries release a sweet smell and eating them is known to allow the eater to experience a vivid a story. Storytellers thus use the berries to generate new ideas or remember old tales.  
[[Velharrama]] - A shrub that is known for it's bright red berries. The berries release a sweet smell and eating them is known to allow the eater to experience a vivid a story. Storytellers thus use the berries to generate new ideas or remember old tales.  


Revision as of 13:54, 6 May 2026

Introduction

Payalwa’s landscape supports a distinctive range of flora and fauna adapted to its temperate marshy lowland conditions. This page lists some of the more unique creatures and plants native to Payalwa.

Flora

Further information: List of flora of Payalwa

310 species of vascular plants were said to be found in Greenland in 2019,Template:Cn including 15 endemic speciesTemplate:Cn. Although individual plants can be profuse in favourable situations, relatively few plant species tend to be represented in a given place.

In northern Greenland, the ground is covered with a carpet of mosses and low-lying shrubs such as dwarf willows and crowberries. Flowering plants in the north include yellow poppy, Pedicularis, and Pyrola.[1][2] Plant life in southern Greenland is more abundant, and certain plants, such as the dwarf birch and willow, may grow several feet high.

The only natural forest in Greenland is found in the Qinngua Valley. The forest consists mainly of downy birch (Betula pubescens) and grey-leaf willow (Salix glauca), growing up to Template:Convert tall,[3] although nine stands of conifers had been cultivated elsewhere by 2007.[4]

Horticulture shows a certain degree of success. Plants such as broccoli, radishes, spinach, leeks, lettuce, turnips, chervil, potatoes and parsley are grown up to considerable latitudes, while the very south of the country also rears asters, Nemophila, mignonette, rhubarb, sorrel and carrots.[2] Over the decade to 2007, the growing season lengthened by as much as three weeks.[4]

In the 13th-century Konungs skuggsjá (King's mirror), it is stated that the old Norsemen tried in vain to raise barley.[2] Recent research from archaeological digs on Greenland by the National Museum in Copenhagen discovered barley grains and concluded that the Vikings were able to grow barley.[5]


Drawing of the Velhudo fungus.

Velharrama - A shrub that is known for it's bright red berries. The berries release a sweet smell and eating them is known to allow the eater to experience a vivid a story. Storytellers thus use the berries to generate new ideas or remember old tales.

Brumerva - A pale marsh fern whose leaves are often used in teas and poultices.

Velhudo - A mash fungus tied to folktales about silent monks wandering the swampy landscape.

Avoredo - The most common tree in the Western Lowlands in Payalwa.

Fauna

Etching of a Panten head

Pantens - Large mammals creates with wide hooves that can easily cross marshy peat.

Jacas - Reptilian swamp dwellers.

Xiphos - Deer like mammal that lives throughout Payalwa.

Hesperon - Water birder native to the swamps of Payalwa.

Myriopas - Huge winged insects.


  1. ↑ Template:Cite journal
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named brit1911
  3. ↑ Template:Cite web
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named times
  5. ↑ Template:Cite web
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