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Calamagrostis purpurascens ssp. purpurascens

  • Family name: Poaceae
  • Common name: purple reedgrass
  • Growth form: Graminoid
  • Names used on the Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas maps:
    • Toolik Permanent Plots: Calamagrostis purpurascens purpurascens, Calamagrostis purpurascens
    • Happy Valley Permanent Plots: Calamagrostis purpurascens

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  1. Calamagrostis purpurascens ssp. purpurascens, purple reedgrass
  2. Dry barren slopes with scattered rock and pebble. Awns were not very geniculate when fresh, but much more so when dry.
    July 1999, Nunavut, Ellesmere Island, Lake Hazen. Lower east facing slopes of Blister Hill, 2–3 km from Blister Creek Delta
    Image author: Lynn Gillespie ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Calamagrostis purpurascens ssp. purpurascens, purple reedgrass
  2. See site for detailed information on identification of this species
    July 1999, Nunavut, Ellesmere Island, Lake Hazen. Lower east facing slopes of Blister Hill, 2–3 km from Blister Creek Delta
    Image author: Lynn Gillespie ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Calamagrostis purpurascens ssp. purpurascens, purple reedgrass
  2. Image author: unknown
    Website: Seeds of Success
    Source of original image