University of Alaska Herbarium (ALA)
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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 gm
' £77
Salix chamissonis 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 on E bank of
creek near border with rocky base of Mesa.
Dwarf shrub with adventitious roots on stems.
Fairly common.
Robert Watson, no. lOO 20 June 1QQ7

