Alaska Arctic Plant Communities

28. Salix phlebophylla-Luzula confusa (?)

Bioclimate Subzone: D

Floristic Subprovince: Northern Beringian Islands

Substrate Chemistry: Nonacidic

Position along mesotopographic gradient: Moist site

Summary of Habitat: Moist nonacidic tundra, Northern Beringian Islands

Described from:

 

Common plant functional types and species:

Graminoid: Juncus biglumis; Luzula confusa;

Shrub: Salix phlebophylla; Salix polaris; Cassiope tetragona;

Forb: Huperzia selago; Oxyria digyna; Saxifraga nelsoniana; Rhodiola integrifolia; Primula tschuktschorum; Artemisia arctica;

 

Other names from the Alaska literature: