Vegetation in Iceland

Vegetation covers less than one-fifth of Iceland and only about 1.1% is cultivated. Trees, mostly birch, grow in some places, along with some willows. The rest of the country is barren mountains, deserts, lava beds and glaciers.
Vatnajökull (Lakes Glacier) in the south-east is the largest Ice field in Europe and Odáðahraun (Lava of Ill Deeds) north of Vatnajökull is the largest lava bed on earth.
The chilliest thing about Iceland is really just its name. In January the temperature is even warmer than in New York.