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Puccinellia vahliana

  • Family name: Poaceae
  • Common name: Vahl's alkaligrass
  • Growth form: Graminoid
  • Names used on the Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas maps:
    • Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map: Puccinellia vahliana

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  1. Puccinellia vahliana    , Vahl's alkaligrass
  2. Close-up of inflorescence. Note some spikelets at anthesis. Lemmas purplish towards the base with a wide transparent margin towards the apex.
    Nunavut, Ellesmere Island, at Scoresby Bay, 79?53'N, 71?33'W. Aiken 98-008. Canada.
    Image author: Mollie MacCormac ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Puccinellia vahliana    , Vahl's alkaligrass
  2. Close-up of plant in laboratory.
    Nunavut, Cornwallis Island, Resolute Bay, collected near Thule site. Canada.
    Image author: unknown
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Puccinellia vahliana    , Vahl's alkaligrass
  2. Close-up of plant. Plants growing on flood plain of calcareous gravel and silt.
    Nunavut, Ellesmere Island, at Scoresby Bay, 79?53'N, 71?33'W. Aiken 98-008. Canada.
    Image author: Mollie MacCormac ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Puccinellia vahliana    , Vahl's alkaligrass
  2. Diagnostic curly roots on plant from Thule site.
    Nunavut, Cornwallis Island, Resolute Bay, Canada.
    Image author: unknown
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image