• Source: List of species on Severnaya Zemlya

This is a list of species recorded on Severnaya Zemlya. Severnaya Zemlya is a 37,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi) archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea in the west and the Laptev Sea in the east.




Flora






= Vascular plants

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Most common:

Cerastium sp.
Papaver polare
Saxifraga caespitosa
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Less common:

Alopecurus alpinus
Cerastium regelii
Deschampsia sp.
draba sp.
Draba sp.
Novosieversia glacialis
Phippsia sp.
Poa abbreviata
Poa arctica
Saxifraga cernua
Saxifraga nivalis
Salix polaris
Stellaria sp.
Minuartia sp.




= Mosses

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Most common:

Detrichum flexicaule
Dicranum sp.
Pogonatum sp.
Sanionia sp.
Bryum sp.
Orthothecium chryseum
Tortura sp.
Less common:

Andreaea sp.
Aulacomnium turgidum
Bryum cryophilum
Calliergon giganteum
Calliergon obtusifolium
Calliergon sarmentosum
Calliergon giganteum
Campylophus sp.
Dichodontium sp.
Dicranoweisia sp.
Dicranoweisia crispula
Dirrichum sp.
Ditrichum flexicaule
Drepanocladus revolvens
Drepanocladus exannulatus
Hylocomium splendens
Jungermannia sp.
Loeskypnum badium
Philonotis sp.
Polytrichum sp.
Ptilidium ciliare
Racomitrium lanuginosum
Sanionia uncinata
Schistidium apocarpum
Scorpidium turgescens
Tomenthypnum nitens




= Lichens

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Most common:

Cetraria nivalis
Thamnolia vermicularis
Cetraria sp.
Cornicularia sp.
Lecidea sp.
Ochrolechia sp.
Parmelia sp.
Less common:

Alectoria sp.
Buellia sp.
Caloplaca sp.
Cetaria cucullata
Cetaria sp.
Cladia sp.
Cladonia sp.
Dactylina arctica
Dermatocarpon sp.
Hypogymnia sp.
Ochrolechia frigida
Peltigera sp.
Ramalina sp.
Rhizocarpon sp.
Sphaerophorus sp.
Stereocaulon sp.
Thamnolia vermicularis
Thamnolia sp.
Umbilicaria sp.
Xanthoria elegans
Xanthoria sp.




Fauna






= Breeding birds

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little auk (Alle alle)
kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea)
glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
brent goose (Branta bernicla).
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
herring gull (Larus argentatus)
red-throated diver (Gavia stellata)
king eider (Somateria spectabilis)
sanderling (Calidris alba)
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

Lapland bunting (Calcarius lapponicus).
pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea)




= Transient birds

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Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia)
rook (Corvus frugilegus)
white wagtail (Motacilla alba)
fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
common eider (Somateria mollissima)
peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus)
knot (Calidris canutus)
sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
great skua (Catharacta skua)
Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)




= Mammals

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collared lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus)
Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus)
wolf (Canis lupus)
ermine (Mustela erminea)
Arctic hare (Lepus timidus)
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)




References



Bird Observations in Severnaya Zemlya
Preliminary Results of Botanical and Microbiological Investigations on Severnaya Zemlya 1995




External links

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of species on Severnaya Zemlya
• Severnaya Zemlya
• Arctic desert
• Matusevich Fjord
• Lake Taymyr
• Boreogadus
• Laptev Sea
• Little auk
• Arctic lemming
• List of acanthodian genera