University of Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
Museum 01 the Nonh
H1152405
FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE A
320 km S of Point Barrow
680 24' N, 1550 48' W elevation gm
Salix arctica Pall.
(Salicaceae)
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. Decumbent shrub with long
subterranean stems and branches. Fairly
common.
Robert Watson, no. 168 30 June 1997

