Kongsvoll Alpine Garden
Variation over time
and variation in space

Tall-herb meadow
Bed and 'scree'

Along the paths -
grassy patches - rock face - stream

Upland heath
Windy knolls and ridges

Patches of bog
Willow scrub

Stonier parts of the paths
Rocky slopes

The history of the alpine garden
Thekla R. Resvoll

Beyond the alpine garden
The Dovrefjell flora

Access
When is the garden open?
Enquiries about the garden

Links:
Kongsvoll Biological Station
National Atlas of Norway - Vegetation
Vegetasjonstyper i Norge
(Norwegian vegetation types)

A couple of small patches of bog display a particularly rich variety of species, including sedges (Carex) and rushes (Juncus) that require damp conditions and are not found anywhere else in the alpine garden.

Yellow lousewort Pedicularis oederi	Scandinavian primrose Primula scandinavica	Capitate sedge Carex capitata	Chestnut rush Juncus castaneus

Most moist hollows are covered in willow scrub. The garden contains all the species of willow (Salix) that characterise the mountains, shrub-like grey willows, green-leafed ones, and dwarf species that creep along the ground. Some of these willows are common in the garden, but a few are only found in a couple of spots. Upland downy birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii), dwarf birch (Betula nana) and their hybrids are found in the highest part of the garden.

Woolly willow Salix lanata	Dwarf willow Salix herbacea	Tea-leaved willow Salix phyllicifolia