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Museum of the Norih
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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
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Saxifraga Qunctata L.
subsp. nelsoniana (D. Don) Hult.
(Saxifragaceae)
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. Petals white; stamens orange
petals caducous. Fairly common.
Robert Watson, no. 122 23 June 1997

