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Relict Plants in the Faroe Islands Hans Guldager Christiansen

Relict Plants in the Faroe Islands Hans Guldager Christiansen. Anna Maria Fosaa Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology Faroese Museum of Natural History. In August 2008 we visited 35 villages. Almost all villages are medieval. Situated on the cost – access to the sea.

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Relict Plants in the Faroe Islands Hans Guldager Christiansen

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  1. Relict Plants in the Faroe Islands Hans Guldager Christiansen

  2. Anna Maria Fosaa Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology Faroese Museum of Natural History

  3. In August 2008 we visited 35 villages

  4. Almost all villages are medieval Situated on the cost – access to the sea Easy access to fresh water and to meadows Oyndarfjørður

  5. Tjørnuvík

  6. How do we know if a plant is a relict plant ? Jóhannes Jóhansen: Someone grew Avena sativa (pollen analysis) and there were also Rumex longifolius and R. obtusifolis in the samples (macrofossils). Mykines, 600-700 A. D.

  7. Rumex longifolius

  8. Archaeobotanical investigations Visiting medieval sites and from knowlege about the cultural history of the plants pointing out relict plants

  9. Primary sources in Denmark: Harpestreng, Henrik, ca. 1300: Urtebøger, Stenbøger og kogebøger. Ved Marius Kristensen 1908-20. – København Pedersen, Christiern, 1533: En nøttelig lægebog og 1534: Om urtevand. Smid, Henrick, 1546: En skøn loestig ny Urtegaardt. – Malmø Paulli, Simon, 1648: Flora Danica, det er dansk Urtebog. – København.

  10. I rely on: Johan Lange Bernt Løjtnant V. J. Brøndegaard 1978-80: Folk og Flora. – København …

  11. Tanacetum vulgare

  12. Urtica dioica Haldarsvík

  13. Sydragøta

  14. Mentha spicata

  15. Introduced relict species: Carum carvi Mentha spicata Rumex longifolius Rumex obtusifoliua Tanacetum vulgare Urtica dioica

  16. Aegopodium podagraria Introduced to Scandinavia B.C. Good salad herb Found in 5/35 places But according to R. Rasmussen 1952: Føroya Flora ”innflutt í nýggjari tid”

  17. Achillea ptarmica In 5/35 places

  18. Indigenious species Angelica archanglica Angelica silvestris Filipendula ulmaria Geranium sylvaticum Rhodiola rosea Rumex acetosa

  19. Are there more relict plants in the Faroe Islands ? Conopodium majus in Tórshavn Hesperis matronalis Meum athamanticum

  20. Hesperis matronalis

  21. Meum athamanticum

  22. 15 introduced species are relict species to the Faroe Islands 6 indigenous species are relict species to the Faroe Islands Around 400 species in the Faroe Islands

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