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Carex Fuliginosa
''Carex fuliginosa'', the short-leaved sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, with a circumpolar distribution, and found in mountains further south; such as the eastern Alps, the Carpathians and the Rockies. It is wind-pollinated. References External links ''Carex fuliginosa'' in Flora of North America @ efloras.org Carex, fuliginosa Flora of Norway Flora of Svalbard Flora of Sweden Flora of Finland Flora of Germany Flora of Austria Flora of Czechoslovakia Flora of Poland Flora of Italy Flora of Slovenia Flora of Romania Flora of Bulgaria Flora of Ukraine Flora of North European Russia Flora of East European Russia Flora of Siberia Flora of Kamchatka Krai Flora of Khabarovsk Krai Flora of Magadan Oblast Flora of Sakhalin Flora of the Kuril Islands Flora of Korea Flora of Alaska Flora of Subarctic America Flora of British Columbia Flora of Alberta Flora of Manitoba Flora of Quebec Flora of Montana Flora of Wyoming Flora of Utah Flora of Colorado Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen (, locally lɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən "The Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000 and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway. It stretches along the foot of the left bank of the Longyear Valley and on the shore of Adventfjorden, the short estuary leading into Isfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the island's broadest inlet. As of 2002 Longyearbyen Community Council became an official Norwegian municipality. It is the seat of the Governor of Svalbard. The town's mayor is Arild Olsen. Known as Longyear City until 1926, the town was established by and named after American John Munro Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company started coal-mining there in 1906. Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK) took over the mining operations in 1916, and still conducts mining. The German ''Kriegsmarine'' almost completely destroyed the town on 8 September 1943, but rebuilding took place after the Second World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
