Alaska Arctic Plant Communities

29. Carex aquatilis-Eriophorum angustifolium subtype Drepanocladus brevifolius

Bioclimate Subzone: D

Floristic Subprovince: Northern Alaska

Substrate Chemistry: Nonacidic

Position along mesotopographic gradient: Wet site

Summary of Habitat: Wet nonacidic tundra, centers of low-centered polygons, lake margins in Subzone D

Described from:

 

Common plant functional types and species:

Sedge: Carex aquatilis; Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. triste; Carex spp.;

Moss: Drepanocladus brevifolius; Scorpidium scorpioides; Cinclidium latifolium; Meesia triquetra; Catoscopium nigritum;

 

General Comments:

 

Other names from the Alaska literature: