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![Ask mot Herdlefjorden og Holsnøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/askoy_18.jpg?itok=31Vc89f-)
Ask- jordbær
Strawberry-growing on Askøy flourished in the beginning of the last century. When gardener Samson Eik took in the type "Seierherren" from Rosendal in 1909 for growing strawberries on Hop, it appeared that the soil and climate in this area was perfect for the mass production of strawberries.
![Kjerringafjellet](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/vaksdal_31.jpg?itok=iFmhzSNw)
Bergsdalen
The mountains of western Norway are lovely to wander in. In Cambro-Silurian time it was the mountain itself that wandered. The mountain, or more correctly the bedrock, first moved eastward, then back a bit westward again. All this rocking back and forth in the mountains ended about 400 million years ago.
![Einstapevoll](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sveio-11.jpg?itok=kzXzvNHZ)
Einstapevoll- slates
“On the country of Wallestrand…the rock almost everywhere appears to be of a slate-like substance, be it at the seashore, on the farms or in their distant fields”.
![Eclogite bedrock at Ådnefjellet.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/meland_21.jpg?itok=W8PmuPzd)
Eldsfjellet
The eclogites in western Norway were formed when Precambrian basement rocks were squeezed and pressed down under great pressure deep under the Caledonian mountain chain. The process may well have triggered some of the deepest earthquakes the world has ever known. The clearest traces of this drama are found in and around Mt. Eldsfjellet, in peaceful Meland.
![Gneiss.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_25.jpg?itok=1PhE0wUc)
![At lake Gaupåsvatnet.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/nvh_334_gaupas_koronitt_150.jpg?itok=Wq7ffNPu)
![Gildrehola](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/awfawf.jpg?itok=2AAfbxlk)
![Curvy scours in the bedrock (](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sund_23.jpg?itok=fisI_JUk)
Golta- Gneiss
Over thousands of years, autumn storms and strong land-driving winds have cleaned the bare rocks of Golta. The waves can beat far in over land and make it dangerous to walk along the shoreline. When the storms have calmed, the results of their work comes into view.
![Gullbotnen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_18.jpg?itok=dlJQCo79)
Gullbotnen
A barren belt where almost nothing grows, runs through the forest on the east slope of Gullbotnen. But, along the west side of the main road there is a fertile zone that flourishes with several finicky plant types. The contrasts arise from the extreme variations in the nutrient content of the bedrock.
![From Hamlagrøhornet one sees a division between the fertile phyllite and the naked Precambrian basement rock types in the landscape](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/voss_55.jpg?itok=WKuDCDHt)
Hamlagrø
The type of underlying rock can be decisive for how many different types of plants are found in an area. In the area around Hamlagrø-lake the diversity is especially obvious. The geological conditions change much here within a short distance.