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. 2015 Feb 26;4:95. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-0876-z

Table 1.

Species and groups divided into canopy and understory, at the Latnjavagge valley, northern Sweden

Canopy layer species Group
Agrostis mertensii Trin. Grass
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn. Forb
Betula nana L. Deciduous shrub
Calamagrostis lapponica (Wahlenb.) Hartm. Grass
Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don. Evergreen shrub
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. Sedge
Empetrum nigrum L. Evergreen shrub
Equisetum arvense L. Forb
Erigeron uniflorus L. Forb
Festuca ovina L. Grass
Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm. Grass
Hieracium L. sect. Alpina (Griseb.) Gremli Forb
Juncus trifidus L. Rush
Luzula arcuata (Wahlenb.) Sw. Rush
Luzula spicata (L.) DC. Rush
Minuartia biflora (L.) Schinz & Thell. Forb
Poa alpina L. Grass
Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Bab. Evergreen shrub
Pedicularis lapponica L. Forb
Bistorta vivipara (L.) Gray Forb
Salix herbacea L. Deciduous shrub
Sibbaldia procumbens L. Forb
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richter Grass
Taraxacum sect. Taraxacum Forb
Vaccinium uliginosum L. Deciduous shrub
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. Evergreen shrub
Understory species Group
Alectoria nigricans (Ach.) Nyl. Lichen
Alectoria ochroleuca (Hoffm.) A. Massal. Lichen
Aulacomnium turgidum (Wahlenb.) Schwägr. Acrocarp
Cassiope hypnoides (L.) D. Don Evergreen dwarf shrub
Cetraria sp. Lichen
Flavocetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Kärnefelt & A. Thell Lichen
Cetrariella delisei (Bory ex Schaer.) Kärnfelt & A. Thell Lichen
Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. Lichen
Flavocetraria nivalis (L.) Kärnefelt & A. Thell Lichen
Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot. Lichen
Cladonia sp. Lichen
Cladonia gracilis (L.) Willd. Lichen
Cladonia uncialis (L.) F. H. Wigg. Lichen
Diapensia lapponica L. Cushion evergreen
Dicranum elongatum Schleich. ex Schwägr. Acrocarp
Dicranum groenlandicum Brid. Acrocarp
Dicranella subulata (Hedw.) Schimp. Acrocarp
Gymnomitrion sp. Liverwort
Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp. Pleurocarp
Icmadophila ericetorum (L.) Zahlbr. Lichen
Kiaeria starkei (F. Weber & D. Mohr) I. Hagen Acrocarp
Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. Evergreen shrub
Lophozia lycopodioides (Wallr.) Cogn. Liverwort
Nephroma arcticum (L.) Torss. Lichen
Pertusaria dactylina (Ach.) Nyl. Lichen
Peltigera aphthosa (L.) Willd. Lichen
Peltigera scabrosa Th. Fr. Lichen
Pleurocladula albescens (Hook.) Grolle Liverwort
Pleurozium schreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt. Pleurocarp
Polytrichum alpinum Hedw. Acrocarp
Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw. Acrocarp
Polytrichum piliferum Hedw. Acrocarp
Polytrichum sexangulare Floerke ex Brid. Acrocarp
Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb. Acrocarp
Psoroma hypnorum (Vahl) Gray Lichen
Ptilidium ciliare (L.) Hampe Liverwort
Racomitrium lanuginosum (Hedw.) Brid. Acrocarp
Solorina crocea (L.) Ach. Lichen
Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain. Lichen
Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer Lichen
Stereocaulon sp. Lichen
Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske Pleurocarp
Tetraplodon mnioides (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. Acrocarp
Thamnolia vermicularis (Sw.) Schaer. Lichen
Ochrolechia frigida (Sw.) Lynge Lichen