FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE
320 km S of Point Barrow
68° 24' N, 1550 48' W ~ elevation Illm
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Bromus pumpgllianus Scribn.
(Poaceae [Graminae])
Riparian Zone and Flood Plain. Very moist,
poorly drained tundra between Mesa Creek and
Iteriak Creek. Dominated by mosses, sedges,
Salix spp., and Epilobium latifolium (along
Iteriak Cr.). Collected in gravelly-sandy
wash near E bank of Iteriak Cr. Glumes, lemmas
purplish, pilose; anthers yellow-orange, ~4m ;
lower sheaths purple tinged. Common.
Robert Watson, no. 189 5 July 1997

