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[]
Most common:
- Cerastium sp.
- Papaver polare
- Saxifraga caespitosa
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
Less common:
- Cerastium regelii
- Deschampsia sp.
- draba sp.
- Draba sp.
- Phippsia sp.
- Poa arctica
- Saxifraga cernua
- Saxifraga nivalis
- Salix polaris
- Stellaria sp.
- Minuartia sp.
Mosses[]
Most common:
Less common:
- Andreaea sp.
- Aulacomnium turgidum
- Calliergon giganteum
- Calliergon giganteum
- sp.
- Dichodontium sp.
- Dicranoweisia sp.
- Dicranoweisia crispula
- sp.
- Hylocomium splendens
- Jungermannia sp.
- Philonotis sp.
- Polytrichum sp.
- Ptilidium ciliare
- Racomitrium lanuginosum
Lichens[]
Most common:
- Cetraria sp.
- Cornicularia sp.
- Lecidea sp.
- Ochrolechia sp.
- Parmelia sp.
Less common:
- Alectoria sp.
- Buellia sp.
- Caloplaca sp.
- sp.
- Cladia sp.
- Cladonia sp.
- Dactylina arctica
- Dermatocarpon sp.
- Hypogymnia sp.
- Peltigera sp.
- Ramalina sp.
- Rhizocarpon sp.
- Sphaerophorus sp.
- Stereocaulon sp.
- Thamnolia sp.
- Umbilicaria sp.
- Xanthoria elegans
- Xanthoria sp.
Fauna[]
Breeding birds[]
- 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[]
- 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[]
- 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)[1]
References[]
- Bird Observations in Severnaya Zemlya
- Preliminary Results of Botanical and Microbiological Investigations on Severnaya Zemlya 1995
External links[]
Categories:
- Severnaya Zemlya
- Flora of Siberia
- Fauna of Siberia
- Lists of biota of Russia
- Biota of Siberia
- Krasnoyarsk Krai