Fjällbotaniska trädgården, foto Andreas Karlsson

Fjällbotaniska trädgården naturum Hemavan - Sevärt

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County: Västerbottens län
6361.14 km away from you

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Not far from the slopes in Hemavan, a unique environment has been created - a mountain botanical garden with over 400 species living together in an area of just over four hectares.

Here, in one place, you can see the variety and richness of species that characterize the flora of the mountains, ranging from the rich shore vegetation along our unregulated rivers to really high-alpine plants such as ice plantain and mountain buttercup.

Along the accessible trails, native species dominate, but there are also specimens of rare alpine plants.

Perhaps the most unique here, however, is extremely local, namely a relatively newly discovered orchid, the bride's slipper. The species has been given its Latin name Gymnadenia runei after its discoverer Olof Rune, who also initiated and built the Mountain Botanical Garden.