Flora, Fungi, & Bacteria of Hyperborea

This page lists the flora of Hyperborea, including fungi and bacteria.

# Plantae

This section contains plant flora in its more narrow sense.

Angiosperms contain all **seed-bearing,** **flowering plants**.

* Eastern bilberry (*Vaccinium orientalum*): a dwarf berry-producing shrub that grows in the colder eastern regions of Hyperborea from acidic, coniferous forests up to alpine and lowland tundra.

### Fabales

#### Fabaceae

*Hedysarum*

* Round-leaved milkvetch (*H. rotundifolia*): A wild legume and one of the staple food sources for bears. Distinguished by its nearly circular leaves.
* River milkvetch (*H. vulgare*): A domesticated species likely descended from *H. rotundifolia* that has larger tubers, shorter inflorescences, and is grown on fertile riverbeds for its tubers.

### Fagales

#### Betulaceae

*Betula*

* Sweet Birch (*Betula sacchara*): A species of birch common in Hyperborea that is known for its sweet sap which is abundantly produced in spring.
* Snow birch (*Betula nivalis*): A dwarf birch that is common in the boreal forest and shrub tundra.

### Lamiales

#### Oleaceae

*Fraxinus*

* Grey Ash (*Fraxinus glaucus*): An ash species that is common in temperate Hyperborea and rare near the temperate-boreal transition forests.

### Poales

#### Poaceae

*Hierachloe*

* Arctic sweet grass (*H. arctica*): A hardy grass that grows across the entirety of Hyperborea. It is known for its sweet smell, and is sometimes used to flavour teas and sweet soups.

#### Typhaceae

*Typha*

* Hyperborean Typha (*T. hyperborea*)*:* A semi-domesticated cattail species with a large, nutritious tuber.

### Solanales

#### Solanaceae

*Solanum*

* Hyperborean Potato *(S. tuberosum):* A crop taken by early Norsumerians for food cultivation. A staple of the Norsumerian diets in lower latitudes and altitudes.

### Malpighiales

#### Salicaceae

*Populus*

* Yellow Poplar (*P. flavus*): The most common poplar in Hyperborea. It inhabits dry, warm areas from the temperate forest into the boreal forest, where it is locally dominant. Its inner bark is notably yellow.

*Salix*

* Hyperborean Willow (*S. hyperborea):* A shrub that is commonly found in alpine regions in southern Hyperborea, and very frequent in the upper boreal and shrub tundra.
* Swamp Willow (*S. palustris*): A large willow tree common in wet areas in temperate Hyperborea.

### Zingiberales

#### Musaceae

*Pseudomusa*

* Snow Banana (*P. nivalis*): Common throughout the northern temperate forest through to the southern tundra, the snow banana grows a cluster of yellow fruit atop a one to two metre tall stalk. The fruit is tough until a hard frost renders it soft, making it a nutritious snack throughout the winter.

## Gymnosperms

Gymnosperms contain all **seed-bearing, non-flowering plants**, most notably conifer trees.

### Pinales

#### Picaceae

*Picea*

* The polar spruce (*P. polaris*): the most common spruce species across northeastern Hyperborea, including the [XXX] isles.

#### Pinaceae

*Pinus*

* The many-needled pine (*P. multifolia*): A pine that commonly grows on the southern coast of the [mainland] from the temperate forest into the boreal forest. It is distinguished by its variable number of needles per cluster—ranging from 5 to 7 on a single individual.

## Nonvascular and seedless plants

This heading is a sink for all nonvascular plants (mosses) and vascular but seedless plants (ferns).

# Fungi

This section contains all species of the fungi kingdom, including mushrooms, moulds and yeasts. They are

## Ascomycota

Ascomycetes or sac fungi include morels, truffels, yeasts and lichen.

### Hypocreales

Got any fungi turning insects into zombies? Those go here.

* Kjovuc. A Hypocreales with many varying strands. Known mostly for emitting a soft glow, and having various parasitic and intelligence boosting effects. Found throughout Hyperborea, but particularly in its underground cave networks.

### Saccharomycetes

These are yeasts. If you brew beer or make wine, you can't go without 'em! Pathogens like Candida also fall into this category.

### Pezizales

These contain cup fungi, morels and truffles.

### Other ascomycota

Earth tongues, pneumocystis, or other special ascomycota? They go in here.

## Basidiomycota

Basidiomycetes or "higher fungi" include mushrooms, puffballs, bracket fungi, polypores and others.

### Agaricales (gilled mushrooms)

These are your typical mushrooms, including agaricus, amanita, shiitake and more.

### Polyporales (polypores)

These are mostly wood-rotting fungi found on dead or dying trees. They make great firestarters, and some are edible.

### Ustilaginales (smut)

These are plant parasites, especially affecting grasses (wheat, rye, corn, sugarcane).

### Other basidiomycota

Found any rust fungi or jelly fungi? They go in here!

## Other fungi

Any chytrids, blastocadiomycota, glomeromycota, zygomycota go in here.

# Bacteria

This section contains all bacteria known to Hyperborea. Keep in mind that the concept of bacteria can't really exist until your culture has access to microscopes.