''Den nya nordiska floran'' ("The new Nordic flora") is a book of Swedish
flora
Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for f ...
from 2003 by Bo Mossberg and Lennart Stenberg, with illustrations by Bo Mossberg. It contains descriptions, illustrations and distribution maps of all plants in Sweden, Denmark, Norway (including
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...
), Finland,
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
and Iceland, a total of more than 3,250 species.
It is a sequel to the earlier book ''Den nordiska floran''.
It has been called indispensable as a reference book, but criticized for being too heavy to be a field flora.
It was translated into Danish by Jon Feilberg, titled ''Den Nye Nordiske Flora''.
The book is fact-checked by Thomas Karlsson. It was also translated into Norwegian by Steinar Moen, with fact-checking by Svein Båtvik. The title of this version is ''Gyldendals store nordiske flora. Revidert og utvidet utgave''.
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References
External links
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Checklista över Nordens kärlväxter by Thomas Karlsson
Florae (publication)
Botany in Europe
Flora of Finland
Flora of Norway
Flora of Sweden
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