Plant portraits
Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) are wild plants related to our cultivated crops. They can carry genetic traits that might be needed when adapting our agricultural crops to future challenges. At this page, you can learn more about some our Nordic CWR. This page is to be updated with more plant portraits.
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Bog bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum)
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Mountain clover (Trifolium montanum L.)
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Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.)
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Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum L.)
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White clover (Trifolium repens L.)
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Field mint / wild mint (Mentha arvensis L.)
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Bilberry or European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.)
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European Dewberry (Rubus caesius)
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Alpine meadow-grass (Poa alpina L.)
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Wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
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Rocket (Eruca sativa Mill.)
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Cock’s-foot (Dactylis glomerata L.)
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Alpine timothy (Phleum alpinum)
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Spring vetch (Vicia lathyroides)
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Traditional plums in semi-wild stands
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Chives (Allium schoenoprasum L)
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Strawberry (Fragaria sp.)
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Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum L.)
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European crab apple (Malus sylvestris)
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Blackberries – berries and taxonomy worth a study
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(Wild) parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.)
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Common Hazel (Corylus avellana L.)
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Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
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Brassica rapa
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Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)
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Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)
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Sea Kale (Crambe maritima)
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Caraway (Carum carvi L.)
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Common cornsalad (Valerianella locusta L. Laterr.)
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Hops
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Wild oat
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Wild blackcurrant
