Latin Name

Common Name

Root Structure

Shoot Structure

Reproductive Method

Armeriamaritimasubsp. sibirica (Turcz. Ex Boiss.) Nyman

sea pink/thrift

taproot

evergreen perennial

seeds

Carex bigelowii (Torr ex Schwein)

sedge

fibrous

perennial herb-graminoid

rhizomes/stolons/achenes

Cassiopetetragona (L.) D. Don

white Arctic heather/Arctic bell heather

fibrous roots along stem

dwarf shrub-evergreen

seeds

Cerastium uniflorum Clairv.

glacier mouse-ear chickweed

Fibrous

forb

seeds

Chamerion latifolium (L.) Holub

river beauty/dwarf fireweed/

broad-leafed willow herb

fibrous

perennial herb-forb

rhizomes/seeds

Dryas octopetala L.

mountain avens

taproot/lateral roots from stem

dwarf shrub

fruit, branches root

Empetrum nigrum L.

crowberry

lateral roots from stem

dwarf shrub evergreen

seeds in fruit/branches root

Hierochloe alpine (Sw. ex Willd.) Roem. & Schult.

holy grass

fibrous

graminoid

rhizomes, seeds

Luzula confusa (Lindeberg)

northern woodrush

fibrous

perennial herb-graminoid

rhizomes/seeds

Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill

mountain sorrel

taproot

perennial herb-forb

rhizomes/seeds

Papaver radicatum L.

Arctic poppy

fibrous/taproot

perennial herb-forb

seeds

Polygonum viviparum L.

alpine bistort

fibrous

perennial herb

bulbils/fragmentation rhizomes/achenes

Salix arctica Pall.

Arctic willow

lateral roots from stem

dwarf shrub

seeds/branches root

Silene acaulis L. Jacq.

moss campion

taproot

perennial herb- forb-cushion plant

rhizomes, seeds, stolons

Vaccinium uliginosum L.

whortleberry/bilberry

roots along stem

dwarf shrub

seeds