Flora of South Georgia
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This is a list of the flora of South Georgia, an island in the subantarctic Atlantic Ocean, part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.[1][2][3] There are 26 native plant species, and there has been 76 species of introduced plants recorded on the island.
Introduced species tend to be located in the areas of human settlement, such as the former sealing and whaling stations.
| Common name | |
|---|---|
| Blechnum penna-marina | Antarctic hard-fern or small fern |
| Cystopteris fragilis | Brittle bladder-fern or common fragile fern |
| Grammitis poeppigeana | Strap fern |
| Hymenophyllum falklandicum | Filmy fern |
| Lycopodium magellanicum | Magellanic clubmoss |
| Ophioglossum crotalophoroides | Adder's tongue |
| Polystichum mohrioides | Shield-fern |
| Latin name | Common name |
|---|---|
| Acaena magellanica | Greater burnet |
| Acaena magellanica × tenera | Hybrid burnet |
| Acaena tenera | Lesser burnet |
| Alopecurus magellanicus | Antarctic foxtail |
| Callitriche antarctica | Antarctic starwort |
| Colobanthus quitensis | Antarctic pearlwort |
| Colobanthus subulatus | Lesser pearlwort or sessile pearlwort or emerald bog |
| Deschampsia antarctica | Antarctic hair-grass |
| Festuca contracta | Tufted fescue |
| Galium antarcticum | Antarctic bedstraw |
| Juncus inconspicuous | Lesser rush |
| Juncus scheuchzerioides | Greater native rush |
| Montia fontana | Water blinks |
| Phleum alpinum | Alpine cats-tail |
| Poa flabellata | Tussac grass |
| Ranunculus biternatus | Antarctic buttercup |
| Rostkovia magellanica | Brown (or short) rush |
| Uncinia macrolepis | Smith's sedge |