Salix chamissonis Andersson
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 -m
575'
Salix myrtillifolia Anderss.
(Salicaceae)
Creek Bank and Drainage. Moist tundra on S
side of Mesa sloping to Mesa Creek. Cotton
Grass tussock meadow dominated by Erioghorum
spp., Salix spp., Betula nana, sedges, rushes,
and low-growing herbs. Collected along E bank
of creek. Decumbent dwarf shrub; may be hybrid
Fairly common.
Robert Watson, no. lOl 20 June 1997

