Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richtgr
C.L. Parker Nov 2000
ALA
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
£30
Festuca baffinensis Polunin
(Poaceae [Graminae])
Mesa Top. Dry elevated tundra with shallow
well-drained soils on fractured bedrock.
Dominated by Dryas octapetala, Silene acauli
S
lichens, grasses, and low-growing herbs and
woody shrubs. Collected on bare soil in
disturbed area (backfilled archeological
square). Densely tufted. Com on.
Robert Watson, no. 174 2 July 1997

