Alaska Arctic Plant Communities

81. Carex bigelowii-Dryas integrifolia subtype Equisetum arvense

Bioclimate Subzone: E

Floristic Subprovince: Beringian Alaska

Substrate Chemistry: Nonacidic

Position along mesotopographic gradient: Snowbed, early-melting

Summary of Habitat: Wet nonacidic early melting snowbeds and seeps, Subzone E

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Common plant functional types and species:

Dwarf shrub: Salix reticulata; Salix richardsonii;

Horsetail: Equisetum arvense;

Moss: Tomentypnum nitens;

 

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