Alaska Arctic Plant Communities

72. Carex rupestris-C. scirpoides

Bioclimate Subzone: E

Floristic Subprovince: Northern Alaska

Substrate Chemistry: Nonacidic

Position along mesotopographic gradient: Dry exposed site

Summary of Habitat: Dry limestone slopes, Northern Alaska

Described from:

 

Common plant functional types and species:

Prostrate dwarf shrubs: Dryas octopetala;

Sedge: Carex scirpoidea; Carex rupestris;

Forb: Saxifraga oppositifolia;

Lichen: Thamnolia subuliformis; Dactylina beringica; Vulpicida tilesii; Flavocetraria nivalis; Flavocetraria cucullata; Cetraria islandica;

Moss: Ditrichum flexicaule;

 

Other names from the Alaska literature:

 

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