Vascular plants grow on a stem which transport nutrients and water, and they have roots that get these nutrients from the ground. These include notably flowering plants and conifers.

Downy birch Betula pubescens (flowering plant)

Weak arctic sedge Carex supina (flowering plant)

European larch Larix decidua (conifer)

Bryophytes is the group of plants that includes mosses, hornworts, and liverworts are non-vascular plants which grow on land. They do not have roots, and do not produce flowers or seeds. Instead, they reproduce with spores. Moss grows in thick carpets while hornworts and liverworts usually grow in ribbons or other unusual shapes.

Green moss (unknown species)

Greater whipwort Bazzania trilobata (liverwort)

There are many different kinds of algae, from unicellular algae to meter-long seaweed. Algae are mostly found in water and include for example seaweed (such as kelp), and phytoplankton (microscopic marine algae).

Kelp (Laminalaries family)

Diatoms (single-cell algae phytoplankton)

Pictures

• "Betula pubescens - Burgwald 002.jpg" by Willow is licensed under CC BY 2.5
  
• "Moss" by [luis] is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• "Carex supina ssp. spaniocarpa (spreading arctic sedge)" by Tab Tannery is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
• "European Larch (Larix decidua) trees" by Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
  
• "Bazzania trilobata" by BlueRidgeKitties is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
  

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The Icelandic Climate Fund (2020-2021)

The North Atlantic Cooperation (2021-2023)