FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE
320 km S of Point Barrow
68° 24' N, 155° 48' W elevation lllm
5 ‘iD
Festuca brachyghylla Schult.
(Poaceae [Graminae])
Bench. Moist, relatively level tundra at base
of Mesa. Cotton Grass tussock meadow dominated
by Erioghorum spp., other graminoids, Eguisetum
spp., lichens, Saxifraga spp., and low-growing
herbs and shrubs. Collected on dry gravelly
soil on rock outcrop N of Mesa. Densely tufted
Fairly com on.
Robert Watson, no. 132 23 June 1997

