We rented a vacation house in the small town of þorlákshöfn, located in the South-West corner of Iceland. þorlákshöfn is surrounded by a rather flat landscape of hardened lava mantled with lichens, mosses, grasses and herbs. Beautiful patters of hardened lava can be found, as well as dunes of lava sand. The black sand is a weird experience for someone used to blond dunes... |
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| Botrychium lunaria |
| Nederlands | : | Gelobde maanvaren |
| English | : | Moonwort |
| Deutsch | : | Echte Mondraute |
| Norsk | : | Marinykel |
| Svenska | : | Vanlig Låsbräken |
| Français | : | Botryche lunaire |
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| Botrychium lanceolatum |
| Deutsch | : | Lanzettliche Mondraute |
| Norsk | : | Handmarinykel |
| Svenska | : | Topp Låsbräken |
| Français | : | Botryche lancéolé |
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| B. lunaria |
| Nederlands | : | Gelobde maanvaren |
| English | : | Moonwort |
| Deutsch | : | Echte Mondraute |
| Norsk | : | Marinykel |
| Svenska | : | Vanlig Låsbräken |
| Français | : | Botryche lunaire |
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| Botrychium simplex |
| Deutsch | : | Einfache Mondraute |
| Norsk | : | Dvergmarinykel |
| Svenska | : | Dvärglåsbräken |
| Français | : | Botryche simple |
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| Platanthera hyperborea |
| Authority | : | (L.) Lindl., 1835 |
| Synonyms | : | Orchis hyperborea Linnaeus, 1767 |
| Svenska | : | Grönlandsyxne |
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| Rhinanthus minor |
| Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1756 |
| Nederlands | : | Kkeine ratelaar |
| English | : | yellow rattle |
| Deutsch | : | Kleiner Klappertopk |
| Norsk | : | Småengkall |
| Svenska | : | Ängskallra |
| Français | : | Petit rhinanthe |
| Italiano | : | cresta di gallo minore, crest di gallo minore, rinanto minore |
| Español | : | cascabelera, cascabeles, cresta de gallina, cresta de gallo, cresta de gallo menor, cresta de pollo, fusillada, gallocresta, gallocresta pajiza, matatrigo, rinanto menor |
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| Arthrorhaphis alpina |
| Deutsch | : | Alpen-Gliederstäbchenflechte |
| Svenska | : | slät citrinellav |
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| Cetraria aculeata & C. islandica |
| Nederlands | : | Gewoon kraakloof |
| English | : | Spiny heath lichen |
| Deutsch | : | Stachel-Hornflechte |
| Norsk | : | groptagg |
| Svenska | : | hedlav |
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| Peltigera spec. & Stereocaulon spec. |
| Norsk | : | årenever |
| Svenska | : | filtlavar |
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| Gowardia nigricans |
| Norsk | : | jervskjegg |
| Svenska | : | upprätt tagellav |
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| Cladonia pyxidata |
| Nederlands | : | Grof bekermos |
| English | : | Pebbled pixie-cup |
| Deutsch | : | Gewöhnliche Becherflechte |
| Norsk | : | kornbrunbeger |
| Svenska | : | trattlav |
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| Cladonia verticillata |
| Nederlands | : | Stuifzandstapelbekertje |
| Deutsch | : | Etagen-Becherflechte |
| Svenska | : | kransbägarlav |
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| Placopsis lambdii |
| Svenska | : | blank knöllav |
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On trunks of planted Populus trichocarpa trees |
| Melanohalea exasperata |
| Nederlands | : | Papilleus schildmos |
| English | : | Warty brown-shield |
| Deutsch | : | Raue Braunschüsselflechte |
| Norsk | : | vortebrunlav |
| Svenska | : | våritg sköldlav |
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| Physcia stellaris |
| Nederlands | : | Groot vingermos |
| English | : | Star rosette lichen |
| Deutsch | : | Stern-Schwielenflechte |
| Norsk | : | stjernerosettlav |
| Svenska | : | stjärnlav |
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| Physcia aipolia |
| Nederlands | : | Gemarmerd vingermos |
| English | : | Hoary rosette lichen |
| Deutsch | : | Ziegen-Schwielenflechte |
| Norsk | : | vanlig rosettlav |
| Svenska | : | rosettlav |
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| Physcia tenella |
| Nederlands | : | Heksenvingermos |
| Deutsch | : | Lippen-Schwielenflechte |
| Norsk | : | frynerosettlav |
| Svenska | : | finlav |
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