University of Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
Museum of the North
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FLORA OF ALASKA
NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH
Bureau of Land Management
MESA SITE
320 km S of Point Barrow
590 24' N, 1550 48' W elevation :Il
' 590
Salix arctica Pall.
subsp. arctica
(Salicaceae)
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 in dry area on S
side of Mesa above Mesa Creek drainage.
Decumbent shrub. Common.
Robert Watson, no. 112 21 June 1997

