Hierochloe alpina (Sw.) Roemer & Schultes
C.L. Parker Nov 2000
ALA
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 lm
670
Trisetum sgicatum (L.) Richter
(Poaceae [Graminae])
Mesa Top. Dry elevated tundra with shallow
well-drained soils on fractured bedrock.
Dominated by Dryas octapetala, Silene acauli
lichens, grasses, and low-growing herbs and
woody shrubs. Fairly common.
Robert Watson, no. 169 30 June 1997

