Alaska Arctic Plant Communities

21. Cassiope tetragona-Dryas integrifolia subtype Tanacetum bipinnatum

Bioclimate Subzone: D

Floristic Subprovince: Northern Alaska

Substrate Chemistry: Acidic

Position along mesotopographic gradient: Snowbed, early-melting

Summary of Habitat: Moist acidic early melting snowbeds in subzone D

Described from:

 

Common plant functional types and species:

Hemiprostrate dwarf shrub: Cassiope tetragona;

Forb: Boykinia richardsonii;

 

Other names from the Alaska literature: