Relict Plants in the Faroe Islands

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2 Relict Plants in the Faroe Islands
Hans Guldager Christiansen

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

7 In August 2008 we visited 35 villages

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

10 Tjørnuvík

11 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, A. D.

12 Rumex longifolius

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

14 Primary sources in Denmark:
Harpestreng, Henrik, ca. 1300: Urtebøger, Stenbøger og kogebøger. Ved Marius Kristensen – 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.

15 I rely on: Johan Lange Bernt Løjtnant V. J. Brøndegaard : Folk og Flora. – København …

16 Tanacetum vulgare

17 Urtica dioica Haldarsvík

18 Sydragøta

19 Mentha spicata

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

21 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”

22 Achillea ptarmica In 5/35 places

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

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

25 Hesperis matronalis

26 Meum athamanticum

27 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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