Alaska Arctic Plant Communities
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5. Salix rotundifolia-Cetrariella delisei
Floristic Subprovince: Northern Alaska
Position along mesotopographic gradient: Snowbed, early-melting
Summary of Habitat: Moist acidic early-melting snowbeds in subzone C
Described from:
Common plant functional types and species:
Prostrate dwarf shrubs: Salix rotundifolia;
Lichen: Cetrariella delisei; Physconia muscigena; Stereocaulon paschale; Stereocaulon tomentosum; Cetraria ericetorum; Flavocetraria cucullata; Alectoria nigricans; Bryocaulon divergens; Nephroma expallidum;
Rush: Luzula confusa; Luzula arctica;
Grass: Arctagrostis latifolia; Hierochloe alpina;
Forb: Saxifraga oppositifolia;
Bryophyte: Polytrichum strictum; Dicranum spadiceum;
General Comments:
Other names from the Alaska literature: