Alaska Arctic Plant Communities
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62. Cassiope tetragona-Carex microchaeta
Floristic Subprovince: Northern Alaska
Position along mesotopographic gradient: Snowbed, early-melting
Summary of Habitat: Moist acidic early-melting snowbeds, Northern Alaska
Described from:
Common plant functional types and species:
Hemiprostrate dwarf shrub: Cassiope tetragona;
Prostrate dwarf shrubs: Salix phlebophylla; Vaccinium vitis-idaea; Diapensia lapponica; Ledum palustre spp. decumbens; Vaccinium uliginosum;
Forb: Pyrola grandiflora;
Sedge: Carex microchaeta;
Grass: Hierochloe alpina;
Moss: Hylocomium splendens; Aulacomnium turgidum; Dicranum spp.;
Lichen: Flavocetraria cucullata; Flavocetraria nivalis; Nephroma arcticum; Stereocaulon alpinum; Sphaerophorus globosus;
Other names from the Alaska literature:
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Last modified: January 13, 2012