Plant Hunt

Today is Constitution Day in Norway, a national day of celebration. Full independence from Sweden followed in 1905, making Norway one of Europe's younger sovereign nations and, perhaps not unrelatedly, one of the most enthusiastic about celebrating it. Norway runs from oak woods near 58° north to the high-Arctic ridges of Svalbard, with the Gulf Stream keeping its western coast unfairly mild and its fjords carving microclimates into the bedrock. This week's selection is a sample of the plant...