University oi Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
Museum of the North
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FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE
320 km S of Point Barrow
680 24' N, 1550 48' W elevation -m
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Carex bigelowii Torr.
(Cyperaceae)
Creek Bank and Drainage. Moist tundra on S
side of Mesa sloping to Mesa Creek. Cotton
Grass tussock meadow dominated by Eriophorum
spp., Salix spp., Betula nana, other sedges,
rushes, and low-growing herbs. Collected
among tussocks above E bank of creek. Very
common in areas of tundra among Erioghorum
tussocks. Perigynia mostly 2-stigmate.
Robert watson, no. 94 18 June 1997
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