SHRUBS. >25% SHRUB COVER (* indicates inconsistant species dominance)
| Plant association name Common Name |
State rank | Global rank | First author cited |
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| Alnus fruticosa Siberian alder |
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| Alnus crispa Siberian alder |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. fruticosa / Athyrium felix – femina Siberian alder / lady fern |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Alnus crispa / Betula glandulosa – Ledum decumbens / Sphagnum spp. Siberian alder / resin birch – marsh Labrador tea |
G4 | S4 | Drew and Shanks 1965 |
| Alnus crispa / Calamagrostis canadensis Siberian alder / bluejoint grass |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1953 |
| Alnus crispa / Carex bigelowii – Festuca altaica – Arctagrostis latifolia Siberian alder / Bigelow’s sedge – Altai fescue – wideleaf polargrass |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Alnus crispa / Equisetum arvense Siberian alder / field horsetail |
G5 | S5 | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Alnus crispa / Festuca altaica – Arctagrostis latifolia Siberian alder / Altai fescue – wideleaf polargrass |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. fruticosa / Oplopanax horridus Siberian alder / devil’s club |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix arbusculoides – S. glauca / Delphinium glaucum – Aconitum delphinifolium – Calamagrostis spp. Siberian alder – little-tree willow – gray-leaf willow / mountain larkspur – larkspurleaf monkshood – reedgrass |
GNR | SNR | Viereck 1963 |
| Alnus crispa / Spiraea beauverdiana Siberian alder / Steven spiraea |
G4 | S4 | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Alnus crispa / Vaccinium uliginosum Siberian alder / bog blueberry |
G4 | S4 | Brock and Burke 1980 |
| Alnus crispa / Vaccinium uliginosum – Ledum decumbens – Betula nana – Carex bigelowii / Hylocomium splendens – Aulacomnium palustre Siberian alder / bog blueberry – marsh Labrador tea – dwarf birch – Bigelow’s sedge / splendid feathermoss – ribbed bog moss |
G4 | S4 | Bliss and Cantlon 1957 |
| Alnus fruticosa – Salix spp. Siberian alder – Willow species |
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| “Salix alaxensis, Alnus crispa, Salix arbusculoides, Artemisia tilesii” “Felt-leaf willow, Siberian alder, little-tree willow, Tilesius’ wormwood “ |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix barclayi Siberian alder – Barclay’s willow |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix glauca / Arctagrostis latifolia – Pyrola grandiflora Siberian alder – Gray-leaf willow / wideleaf polargrass – largeflowered wintergreen |
GNR | SNR | Churchill 1955 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix glauca – S. planifolia / Equisetum arvense Siberian alder – Gray-leaf willow – diamond-leaf willow / field horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix lanata – S. planifolia – S. glauca Siberian alder – Richardson willow – diamond-leaf willow – gray-leaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Bliss and Cantlon 1957 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix planifolia / Carex bigelowii Siberian alder – diamondleaf willow / Bigelow’s sedge |
G5 | S5 | George et al. 1977 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix planifolia / Arctagrostis latifolia – Equisetum arvense Siberian alder – diamondleaf willow / wideleaf polargrass – field horsetail |
G4 | S4 | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| “Alnus crispa, Salix planifolia, Lycopodium annontinum, Calamagrostis inexpansa, Spirea beauverdiana, feathermoss” “Siberian alder, diamondleaf willow / stiff club moss, northern reedgrass , Steven spiraea, feathermoss” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix spp. / Carex bigelowii – Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cetraria cucullata – Cladonia spp. Siberian alder – willow / Bigelow’s sedge – crowberry – lingonberry / cetraria lichen – cladonia lichen |
GNR | SNR | Bliss and Cantlon 1957 |
| Alnus fruticosa (Wetland) Siberian alder (Wetland) |
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| Alnus viridis ssp. crispa / Eriophorum vaginatum Siberian alder / tussock cottongrass |
GNR | SNR | Boggs and Sturdy 2005 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix lanata – S. planifolia / Ledum decumbens – Carex bigelowii / Sphagnum spp. Siberian alder – Richardson willow – diamond-leaf willow / marsh Labrador tea – Bigelow’s sedge / sphagnum moss |
GNR | SNR | Viereck 1963 |
| Alnus crispa – Salix planifolia / Eriophorum angustifolium / Sphagnum spp. Siberian alder – diamondleaf wilow / tall cottongrass |
GNR | SNR | Brock and Burke 1980 |
| Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia – Salix species Thinleaf alder – Willow species |
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| Alnus tenuifolia – Salix spp. / Equisetum spp. Thinleaf alder – willow / horsetail |
G4 | S4 | Van Cleve et al. 1971 |
| Alnus tenuifolia – Salix alaxensis / Calamagrostis canadensis Thinleaf alder – felt-leaf willow / bluejoint grass |
G4 | S4 | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Upland) Thinleaf alder (Upland) |
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| Alnus tenuifolia Thinleaf alder |
G4 | S4 | Van Cleve et al. 1971 |
| Alnus tenuifolia / Calamagrostis canadensis Thinleaf alder / bluejoint grass |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1953 |
| Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Wetland) Thinleaf alder (Wetland) |
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| Alnus tenuifolia / Calamagrostis canadensis Thinleaf alder / bluejoint grass |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1953 |
| Alnus tenuifolia / Carex aquatilis Thinleaf alder / water sedge |
GNR | SNR | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Alnus tenuifolia / Carex aquatilis – Calamagrostis canadensis Thinleaf alder / water sedge – bluejoint grass |
GNR | SNR | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Alnus tenuifolia / Myrica gale – Calamagrostis canadensis Thinleaf alder / sweetgale – bluejoint grass |
GNR | SNR | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Alnus tenuifolia / Rosa acicularis – Calamagrostis canadensis Thinleaf alder / prickly rose – bluejoint grass |
GNR | SNR | Hogan and Tande 1983 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata Sitka alder |
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| Alnus sinuata Sitka alder |
G5 | S5 | Cooper 1942 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata / Athyrium filix – femina Sitka alder / ladyfern |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata / Dryopteris dilatata Sitka alder / spreading woodfern |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata / Equisetum arvense Sitka alder / field horsetail |
G4 | S4 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata – Echinopanax horridum Sitka alder / devil’s club |
G4 | S4 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Phyllodoce aleutica Sitka alder / Aleutian mountainheath |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Picea sitchensis Sitka alder / Sitka spruce |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder / Bluejoint grass |
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| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata / Graminoid Sitka alder / grass |
GNR | SNR | Shephard 1995 |
| Alnus sinuata / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder / Bluejoint grass |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1951 |
| Association Calamagrostido canadensis – Alnetum sinuatae; Subassociation Cinnetosum latifoliae (Calamagrostis canadensis – Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Cinna latifolia) Bluejoint reedgrass – Sitka alder / drooping woodreed |
G5 | S5 | Kojima 2006 |
| Association Calamagrostido canadensis – Alnetum sinuatae; Subassociation Gymnocarpietosum dryopteridis (Calamagrostis canadensis – Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Gymnocarpium dryopteris) Bluejoint reedgrass – Sitka alder / western oakfern |
G5 | S5 | Kojima 2006 |
| Association Calamagrostido canadensis – Alnetum sinuatae; Subassociation Ribetosum tristis (Calamagrostis canadensis – Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Ribes triste) Bluejoint reedgrass – Sitka alder / red currant |
G5 | S5 | Kojima 2006 |
| Association Calamagrostido canadensis – Alnetum sinuatae; Subassociation Rubetosum arcticae (Calamagrostis canadensis – Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Rubus arcticus) Bluejoint reedgrass – Sitka alder / arctic blackberry |
G5 | S5 | Kojima 2006 |
| Sambuco racemosi – Alnetum viridis ass. nov. subassociation typicum (Sambucus racemoca – Alnus viridis) Red elderberry – green alder |
G4 | S4 | Talbot et al. 2005 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Calamagrostis canadensis (Swamp habitat) Sitka alder / Bluejoint grass (Swamp habitat) |
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| Alnus sinuata / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder / bluejoint grass |
G4 | S4 | Crow 1968 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Cliff habitat) Sitka alder / Bluejoint grass (Cliff habitat) |
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| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Steep slope – Alpine Sitka alder – steep slope – alpine |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2009 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Steep slope – Low elevation Sitka alder – steep slope – low elevation |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2009 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Salix species Sitka alder – Willow species |
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| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata – Salix alaxensis Sitka alder – felt-leaf willow |
G4 | S4 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata – Salix alaxensis / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder – felt-leaf willow / bluejoint grass |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata – Salix barclayi Sitka alder – Barclay willow |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus sinuata – Salix barclayi – S. sitchensis Sitka alder – Barclay willow – Sitka willow |
G4 | S4 | Batten et al. 1978 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Salix spp. / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder – willow / bluejoint grass |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata – Salix commutata Sitka alder – under-green willow |
G4 | S4 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus sinuata – Salix sitchensis Sitka alder – Sitka spruce |
G5 | S5 | Shephard 1995 |
| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata – Salix sitchensis / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder – Sitka spruce / bluejoint grass |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Sambucus racemosa Sitka alder – red elderberry |
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| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Sambucus racemosa – Rubus spectabilis Sitka alder – red elderberry – salmonberry |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Sambucus racemosa / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder – red elderberry / bluejoint grass |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata / Rubus spectabilis Sitka alder / Salmonberry |
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| Alnus crispa ssp. sinuata – Rubus spectabilis / Athyrium filix – femina Sitka alder – salmonberry / ladyfern |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Alnus sinuata – Rubus spectabilis Sitka alder – salmonberry |
G5 | S5 | Heusser 1960 |
| Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata – Rubus spectabilis / Calamagrostis canadensis Sitka alder – salmonberry / bluejoint grass |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Mesic Alnus crispa scrub Mesic Sitka alder scrub |
G4 | S4 | Talbot et al. 1984 |
| Sambuco racemosi – Alnetum viridis ass. nov. subassociation rubetosum spectabilis. Variant of Circaea alpina (Sambucus racemosa – Alnus viridis / Rubus spectabilis (variant of Circaea alpina) Red elderberry – green alder – salmonberry (variant of small enchanter’s nightshade) |
G4 | S4 | Talbot et al. 2005 |
| Sambuco racemosi – Alnetum viridis ass. nov. subassociation rubetosum spectabilis. Variant of Oplopanax horridus (Sambucus racemosa – Alnus viridis / Rubus spectabilis (variant of Oplopanax horridus) Red elderberry – green alder – salmonberry (variant of devilsclub) |
G4 | S4 | Talbot et al. 2005 |
| Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon serviceberry |
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| Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon serviceberry |
G3 | S3 | Wesser and Devoe 1987 |
| Andromeda polifolia Bog rosemary |
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| Andromeda polifolia / Carex pluriflora Bog rosemary / manyflower sedge |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Andromeda polifolia / Sphagnum spp. Bog rosemary / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Racine 1976 |
| Arctostaphylos alpina Alpine bearberry |
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| Arctostaphylos alpina – Carex bigelowii Alpine bearberry / Bigelow’s sedge |
GNR | SNR | Racine and Anderson 1979 |
| Arctostaphylos alpina – Rhododendron camtschaticum Alpine bearberry – Kamchatka rhododendron |
GNR | SNR | Pegau 1968 |
| Arctostaphylos alpina – Vaccinium spp. – Empetrum nigrum – Cassiope tetragona – lichens Alpine bearberry – blueberry – crowberry – white arctic mountain heather – lichens |
G4 | S4 | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Arctostaphylos alpina – Vaccinium uliginosum – Dicranum spp. – Racomitrium lanuginosum Alpine bearberry – bog blueberry – broom moss – racomitrium moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Arctostaphylos alpina – Vaccinium vitis-idaea Alpine bearberry – lingonberry |
GNR | SNR | Hanson 1953 |
| Arctostaphylos rubra Bearberry |
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| Arctostaphylos rubra – Cladina stellaris Bearberry – star reindeer lichen |
G4 | S4 | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Artemisia frigida Prairie sagewort |
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| Artemisia frigida Prairie sagewort |
G3 | S3 | Young and Racine 1976 |
| Artemisia frigida – Bromus pumpellianus Prairie sagewort – Pumpelly’s brome |
G3 | S3 | Hanson 1951 |
| “Betula nana – Salix species (Upland, tall or low shrub)” “Dwarf birch – Willow species (Upland, tall or low shrub)” |
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| Salix arbusculoides – S. glauca – S. hastata – Betula glandulosa / Bromus pumpellianus – Festuca altaica Little-tree willow – gray-leaf willow – Halberd willow – resin birch / Pumpelly’s brome – altai fescue |
GNR | SNR | Batten 1977 |
| Betula nana – Salix brachycarpa – S. planifolia – S. lanata / Arctostaphylos rubra – Cassiope tetragona – Ledum decumbens Dwarf birch – barren-ground willow – diamond-leaf willow – Richardson willow / alpine bearberry – white arctic mountain heather – marsh Labrador tea |
GNR | SNR | Spetzman 1959 |
| Betula glandulosa – Salix glauca – S. planifolia / Festuca altaica – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Arctostaphylos alpina / Hylocomium splendens Dwarf birch – gray-leaf willow – diamond-leaf willow / altai fescue – lingonberry – alpine bearberry / splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Viereck 1963 |
| Salix glauca – Betula nana Gray-leaf willow – dwarf birch |
GNR | SNR | Childs 1969 |
| Betula nana – Salix spp. – Vaccinium uliginosum – sedge spp. – Ledum palustre – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Enpetrum nigrum – Lupinus arcticus – Equisetum arvense / Hylocomium splendens – Tomenthypnum nitens – Sphagnum spp. Dwarf birch – willow – bog blueberry – sedges – marsh Labrador tea – lingonberry – crowberry – arctic lupine – field horsetail / splendid feathermoss – Tomenthypnum moss – sphagnum moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Betula nana – Salix lanata / Carex aquatilis – Equisetum spp. Dwarf birch – Richardson willow / water sedge – horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Betula glandulosa – Salix planifolia – S. lanata – Alnus crispa Resin birch – diamondleaf willow – Richardson willow – Sitka alder |
GNR | SNR | Hanson 1953 |
| Betula glandulosa – Salix planifolia – Vaccinium uliginosum Resin birch – diamondleaf willow – bog blueberry |
GNR | SNR | Steigers et al. 1983 |
| Betula nana – Salix planifolia – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Rubus chamaemorus – Carex aquatilis – Eriophorum angustifolium / Sphagnum spp. – Dicranum spp. – Hylocomium splendens – Polytrichum spp. Dwarf birch – diamondleaf willow – lingonberry – cloudnberry – water sedge – tall cottongrass / sphagnum moss – dicranum moss – splendid feather moss – polytrichum moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Betula glandulosa – Salix spp. – Eriophorum spp. / Hylocomium splendens Dwarf birch – willow – bog blueberry – cottonbrass / splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | McCartney 1976 |
| Betula nana – Salix planifolia – Ledum decumbens Dwarf birch – diamondleaf willow – marsh Labrador tea |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Betula nana – Salix planifolia – Vaccinium uliginosum Dwarf birch – diamondleaf willow – bog blueberry |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Betula nana – Salix planifolia / Hylocomium splendens – Aulacomnium turgidum Dwarf birch – diamondleaf willow / splendid feathermoss – turgid aulacomnium moss |
G4 | S4 | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Betula nana – Salix planifolia / Petasites frigidus Dwarf birch – diamondleaf willow / arctic sweet coltsfoot |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Betula nana – Salix planifolia – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Ledum palustre – Erioporum vaginatum – Carex bigelowii – Polygonum bistorata / Hylocomium splendens – Aulacomnium spp. – Sphagnum spp. – Dicranum spp. – Tomenthypnum nitens – Peltigera spp. Dwarf birch – diamondleaf willow – lingonberry – marsh Labrador tea – tussock cottongrass – Bigelow’s sedge – meadow bistort / splendid feathermoss – aulacomnium moss – sphagnum moss – dicranum moss – tomenthypnum moss – petrigera lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Cassiope tetragona – Betula nana – Salix planifolia – Ledum palustre – Eriophorum vaginatum / Hylocomium splendens – Dicranum spp. – Aulacomnium turgidum – sphagnum spp. – Peltigera spp. – Cladonia spp. lingonberry – white arctic mountain heather – dwarf birch – diamond-leaf willow – marsh Labrador tea – tussock cottongrass / splendid feathermoss – turgid aulacomnium moss – sphagnum moss – peltigera lichen – cladonia lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Betula nana – Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra – Pyrola grandiflora Dwarf birch – diamondleaf willow – largeflowered wintergreen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Salix pulchra – Betula nana Tealeafleaf willow – dwarf birch |
G5 | S5 | Boggs and Sturdy 2005 |
| “Betula nana (Upland, tall or low shrub)” “Dwarf birch (Upland, tall or low shrub)” |
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| Betula glandulosa Resin birch |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1953 |
| Betula glandulosa / Ledum decumbens – Vaccinium spp. Resinf birch / marsh Labrador tea / blueberry |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1986 |
| “Betula nana – ericaceous species (Upland, low shrub)” “Dwarf birch – Ericaceous species (Upland, low shrub)” |
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| Betula glandulosa – Ledum decumbens – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Arctagrostis latifolia Resin birch – marsh Labrador tea – lingonberry – wideleaf polargrass |
G4 | S4 | Churchill 1955 |
| Betula nana – Ledum palustre – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – V. uliginosum – Cassiope tetragona / Dicranum spp. – Racomitrium lanuginosum – Cetraria spp. – Sphaerophorus globosus – crustose lichens Dwarf birch – marsh Labrador tea – lingonberry – bog blueberry – white arctic mountain heather / dicranum moss – racomitrium moss – cetraria lichen – sphaerophorus lichen – crustose lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Betula glandulosa – Salix spp. / Carex bigelowii – Ledum decumbens / feathermosses – lichens Resin birch – willow / Bigelow’s sedge – marsh Labrador tea / feathermosses – lichens |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1951 |
| Betula glandulosa – Vaccinium spp. – Carex bigelowii Resin birch – blueberry – Bigelow’s sedge |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1950 |
| Betula glandulosa / Festuca altaica – Vaccinium spp. / feathermosses – lichen Resin birch – altai fescue – blueberry / feathermosses – lichen |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1951 |
| Betula glandulosa / Festuca altaica / feathermosses Resin birch – altai fescue / feathermosses – lichen |
G5 | S5 | Viereck 1962 |
| Betula glandulosa / Vaccinium uliginosum – Empetrum nigrum – Ledum decumbens / lichens Resin birch / bog blueberry – crowberry – marsh Labrador tea / lichens |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1953 |
| Betula nana – Vaccinium uliginosum – Ledum palustre – Salix phlebophylla – Salix spp. – Carex bigelowii / Dicranum spp. – Hylocomium splendens – Tomenthypnum nitens – Peltigera spp. – Cetraria cucullata Dwarf birch – bog blueberry – marsh Labrador tea – skeleton-leaf willow – willows – Bigelow’s sedge / dicranum moss – splendid feathermoss – tomenthypnum moss – peltigera lichen – cetraria lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Betula nana – Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens – Vaccinium uliginosum Dwarf birch – marsh Labrador tea – bog blueberry |
G5 | S5 | Boggs and Sturdy 2005 |
| Betula nana – Ledum spp. Dwarf birch – Labrador tea |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Betula nana – Rubus chamaemorus – Ledum decumbens – Vaccinium spp. Dwarf birch – cloudberry – marsh Labrador tea – blueberry |
G4 | S4 | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| “Betula nana – ericaceous species (Wetland, low shrub)” Dwarf birch – Ericaceous species (Wetland or low shrub) |
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| Betula glandulosa / Carex aquatilis Resin birch / water sedge |
G4 | S4 | Helt et al. 1999 |
| Betula glandulosa – Andromeda polifolia / Sphagnum spp. Resin birch – bog rosemary / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Betula glandulosa – Myrica gale – Andromeda polifolia / Sphagnum spp. Resin birch – sweetgale – bog rosemary / sphagnum moss |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1951 |
| Betula glandulosa – Myrica gale – Carex spp. / Sphagnum spp. Resin birch – sweet gale – sedge / sphagnum moss |
GNR | SNR | Griggs 1936 |
| Betula glandulosa – Rhododendron lapponicum – Carex spp. Resin birch – Lapland rosebay – sedge |
GNR | SNR | Drew and Shanks 1965 |
| Betula glandulosa – Vaccinium uliginosum – Carex spp. / Sphagnum spp. Resin birch – bog blueberry – sedges / sphagnum moss |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1950 |
| Betula glandulosa – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Rubus chamaemorus / Sphagnum spp. Resin birch – lingonberry – cloudberry / sphagnum moss |
G5 | S5 | Rigg 1914 |
| Potentilla fruticosa – Myrica gale – Betula glandulosa / Empetrum nigrum / Sphagnum spp. Shrubby cinquefoil – sweetgale – resin birch / crowberry / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Racine 1978b |
| Potentilla fruticosa – Myrica gale – Betula glandulosa – Ledum decumbens / feathermosses Shrubby cinquefoil – sweetgale – resin birch – marsh Labrador tea / feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Hogan and Tande 1983 |
| Betula nana (Dwarf shrub) Dwarf birch (Dwarf shrub) |
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| Betula nana – Empetrum nigrum Dwarf birch – crowberry |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Cassiope mertensiana Western moss heather |
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| Cassiope mertensiana Western moss heather |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Cassiope mertensiana – C. stelleriana – Empetrum nigrum Western moss heather – Alaska bellheather – crowberry |
G5 | S5 | Heusser 1954 |
| Cassiope mertensiana – Luetkea pectinata Western moss heather- partridgefoot |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Cassiope tetragona White arctic mountain heather |
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| Cassiope tetragona White arctic mountain heather |
G5 | S5 | Pegau 1968 |
| Cassiope tetragona – Dicranum spp. White arctic mountain heather – dicranum lichens |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Cassiope tetragona – Dryas integrifolia White arctic mountain heather – entireleaf mountain-avens |
G5 | S5 | Koranda 1960 |
| Cassiope tetragona – Salix rotundifolia – mosses White arctic mountain heather – least willow – mosses |
G5 | S5 | Webber and Walker 1975 |
| Cassiope tetragona – Vaccinium uliginosum – mosses White arctic mountain heather – bog blueberry – mosses |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1953 |
| Cassiope tetragona – Vaccinium vitis-idaea White arctic mountain heather – lingonberry |
G4 | S4 | Childs 1969 |
| Cassiope tetragona – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Carex bigelowii – Hylocomium splendens – lichens White arctic mountain heather – lingonberry – Bigelow’s sedge – splendid feathermoss – lichens |
G4 | S4 | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf |
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| Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Chamaedaphne calyculata – Salix spp. – Carex spp. Leatherleaf – willows – sedges |
GNR | SNR | Calmes 1976 |
| Dryas drummondii Drummond’s mountain-avens |
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| Dryas drummondii Drummond’s mountain-avens |
G3 | S3 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Dryas integrifolia Entireleaf mountain-avens |
G4 | S4 | Viereck 1966 |
| Dryas integrifolia Entireleaf mountain-avens |
G5 | S5 | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| “*Moist rocky alpine slopes with combinations of Dryas integrifolia (or D. octopetata), Ledum palustre, Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium uliginosum, Cassiope teragona, Rhododendron lapponicum, Arctostaphylos alpina, Betula nana, Carex podocarpa, Arnica alpina, Aconitum delphiniifolium, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Dicranum spp., Thamnolia spp.” “*Moist rocky alpine slopes with combinations of entireleaf mountain-avens (or eightpetal mountain-avens), marsh Labrador tea, crowberry, bog blueberry, white arctic mountain heather, Lapland rosebay, alpine bearberry, dwarf birch, shortstalk sedge, alpine arnica, larkspurleaf monkshood, racomitrium moss, dicranum moss, thamnolia lichen” |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| *Dryas integrifolia ( or D. octopetala) – Empertrum nigrum – Vaccinium uliginosum – V. vitis-idaea – Cassiope tetragona – Arctostaphylos alpina – Rhododendron lapponicum – Carex bigelowii – Carex podocarpa – Arctagrostis latifolia – Lupinus arcticus – Arnica alpina – Aconitum delphiniifolium – Delphinium brachycentrum / Racomitrum lanuginosum – Dicranum spp. – Thamnolia spp. *entireleaf mountain-avens (or eightpetal mountain-avensa) – crowberry – bog blueberry – lingonberry – white arctic mountain heather – alpine bearberry – Lapland rosebay – Bigelow’s sedge shortstalk sedge – - wideleaf polargrass – arctic lupine – alpine arnica – larkspurleaf monkshood – northern larkspur / racomitrum mosses – dicranum mosses – thamnolia lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Cassiope tetragona – Salix reticulata – Vaccinium uliginosum – Carex bigelowii – Lupinus arcticus – Boykinia richardsonii – Geum glaciale / Rhytidium rugosum – Tomenthypnum nitens Entireleaf mountain-avens – white arctic mountain heather – net-leaf willow – bog blueberry – Bigelow’s sedge – arctic lupine – Richardson’s brookfoam – glacier avens / rhytidium mosses – tomenthypnum lichens |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Hedysarum alpinum – Festuca rubra Entireleaf mountain-aven – alpine sweetvetch – red fescue |
GNR | SNR | Hanson 1951 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Lupinus arcticus Entireleaf mountain-avens – arctic lupin |
GNR | SNR | Churchill 1955 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Poa glauca – Oxytropis borealis Entireleaf mountain-avens – boreal locoweed |
GNR | SNR | Koranda 1960 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Equisetum arvense Entireleaf mountain-avens – field horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Arctostaphylos rubra Entireleaf mountain-avens – red bearberry |
G5 | S5 | Koranda 1960 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata – Equisetum arvense Entireleaf mountain-avens – net-leaf willow – field horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata – Oxytropis nigrescens – Equisetum variegatum / Tomenthypnum nitens – Dicranum spp. – Lecanora epibryon – Pertusaria spp. Entireleaf mountain-avens – netleaf willow – blackish oxytrope – variegated horsetail / tomenthypnum mosses – dicranum mosses – lecanora lichen – pertusaria lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Salix phlebophylla – S. reticulata – Cassiope tetragona – Carex scirpoidea – C. misandra / Tomenthypnum nitens – Dicranum spp. – crustose lichens – Thamnolia spp. – Cetraria spp. Eightpetal mountain-aven – skeleton-leaf willow – net-leaf willow – white arctic mountain heather – northern singlespike sedge – shortleaved sedge / tomenthypnum moss – dicranum moss – crustose lichens – thamnolia lichens – cetraria lichens |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata – S. phlebophylla – Equisetum variegatum – Astragalus umbellatus – Pedicularis kanei – P. capitata / Tomenthypnum nitens – Dicranum spp. – Distichium capillaceum – Bryum spp. – Hylocomium splendens. Eightpetal mountain-aven – net-leaf willow – skeleton-leaf willow – vareigated horsetail – tundra milkvetch – wooly lousewort – capitate lousewort / tomenthypnum mosses – dicranum mosses – distichium mosses – bryum mosses – splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Vaccinium spp. Entireleaf mountain-avens – blueberries |
G4 | S4 | Drew and Shanks 1965 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Rhododendron lapponicum Entireleaf mountain-avens – Lapland rosebay |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Dryas integrifolia (Dryas lichen dwarf shrub tundra) Entireleaf mountain-avens (Dryas lichen drawf shrub tundra) |
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| Dryas integrifolia – lichens Entireleafl mountain-aven – lichens |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1951 |
| *Dryas spp. / Cetraria spp. – Cladonia spp. Mountain-avens / cetraria lichens – cladonia lichens |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas integrifolia (Dryas sedge dwarf shrub) Entireleaf mountain-avens (Dryas sedge drawf shrub) |
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| Carex bigelowii – Eriophorum vaginatum – Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata / Tomenthypnum nitens – Hylocomium splendens – Dicranum spp. – Ptilidium ciliare – Peltigera spp. Bigelow’s sedge – tussock cottongrass – entireleaf mountain-avens – net-leaf willow / tomenthypnum moss – splendid feathermoss – dicranum moss – ptilidium moss – peltigera lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Carex bigelowii – Dryas integrifolia – Salix phlebophylla – S. reticulata – Arctagrostis latifolia / Tomenthypnum nitens – Dicranum spp. – Hylocomium splendens – Aulacomnium spp. – crustose lichens – Peltigera spp. – Thamnolia spp. Bigelow’s sedge – tussock cottongrass -skeletonleaf willow – net-leaf willow – wideleaf polargrass / tomenthypnum moss – dicranum moss – splendid feathermoss – aulacomnium moss crustose lichen peltigera lichen – thamnolia lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Carex bigelowii – Eriophorum angustifolium – Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata – Salix phlebophylla – S.arctica / Tomenthypnum nitens – Hylocomium splendens – Dicranum spp. Bigelow’s sedge – tall cottongrass – entireleaf mountain avens – net-leaf willow – skeletonleaf willow – arctic willow / tomenthypnum moss – splendid feathermoss – dicranum moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Carex bigelowii – C. aquatilis – C. misandra – Eriophorum angustifolium – Dryas integrifolia – Equisetum variegatum / Tomenthypnum nitens – Dicranum spp. – Drepanocladus spp. – crustose lichen Bigelow’s sedge – water sedge – shortleaved sedge – tall cottongrass – entireleaf mountain avens – variegated horsetail / tomenthypnum moss – dicranummoss – drepanocladus moss – crustose lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Carex bigelowii – Eriophorum vaginatum – Dryas integrifolia – Salix planifolia – S. reticulata – Cassiope tetragona – Equisetum arvense – Arctagrostis latifolia – Lupinus arcticus – Rumex arcticus – Polygonum bistorta / Tomenthypnum nitens – Hylocomium splendens – Aulacomnium acuminatum – Thamnolia spp. – Cladonia spp. – Cetraria spp. Bigelow’s sedge – tussock cottongrass – entireleaf mountain avens – diamondleaf willow – net-leaf willow – white arctic mountain heather – field horsetail – wideleaf polargrass – arctic lupine – arctic dock – meadow bistort / tomenthypnum moss – splendid feathermoss – aulacomnium moss – thamnolia lichen – cladonia lichen – cetraria lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Carex bigelowii Entireleaf mountain-avens – Bigelow’s sedge |
G5 | S5 | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Carex misandra – Rhytidium rugosum Entireleaf mountain-avens – shortleaved sedge – rhytidium moss |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Carex scirpoidea Entireleaf mountain-avens – northern singlespike sedge |
G4 | S4 | Drew and Shanks 1965 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Carex scirpoidea – Kobresia simpliciuscula Entireleaf mountain-avens – northern singlespike sedge – simple bog sedge |
GNR | SNR | Koranda 1960 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Eriophorum scheuchzeri – Tomenthypnum nitens Entireleaf mountain-avens – white cottongrass – tomenthypnum mosses |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Oxytropis nigrescens – Carex rupestris Entireleaf mountain-avens – blackish oxytrope – rock sedge |
G4 | S4 | Koranda 1960 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata – Carex scirpoidea Entireleaf mountain-avens – net-leaf willow – northern singlespike sedge |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1953 |
| Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata – S. arctica – Equisetum arvense – Carex bigelowii / Tomenthypnum nitens – Hylocomium splendens Entireleaf mountain-avens – net-leaf willow – arctic willow – field horsetail – Bigelow’s sedge / tomenthpynum mosses – splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas octopetala Eightpetal mountain-avens |
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| Dryas octopetala Eightpetal mountain-avens |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1953 |
| “Dry rocky / scree alpine slopes with Dryas octopetala, Festuca rubra, F. brachyphylla, Hierochloe alpina, Saxifraga tricuspidata, Draba alpina, Smelowskia calycina, Dianthus repens, Alectoria spp, Thamnolia spp. Crustose lichens” “Dry rocky / scree alpine slopes with eightpetal mountain-avens, red fescue, alpine fescue, alpine sweetgrass, three toothed saxifrage, alpine draba, alpine smelowskia, boreal carnation, alectoria lichen, thamnolia lichen, crustose lichen” |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Dryas octopetala – Arctostaphylos alpina Eightpetal mountain-avens – alpine bearberry |
G5 | S5 | Young 1974b |
| Dryas octopetala – Arctostaphylos alpina – Tomenthypnum nitens – Carex bigelowii Eightpetal mountain-avens – alpine bearberry – tomenthypnum moss – Bigelow’s sedge |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Dryas octopetala – Cassiope tetragona Eightpetal mountain-avens – white arctic mountain heather |
G5 | S5 | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Dryas octopetala – Potentilla uniflora Eightpetal mountain-avens – oneflower cinquefoil |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix arctica – Oxytropis nigrescens Eightpetal mountain-avens – arctic willow – blackish oxytrope |
GNR | SNR | Bos 1967 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix phlebophylla– Hierochlöe Eightpetal mountain-avens – skeletonleaf wllow – sweetgrass |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix reticulata – Cassiope tetragona Eightpetal mountain-avens – net-leaf willow – white arctic mountain heather |
G5 | S5 | Kessel and Schaller 1960 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix rotundifolia – Hierochloe alpina – Festuca rubra – Saxifraga tricuspidata – Oxytropis nigrescens – Senecio resedifolius – Arnica frigida / Cetraria nivalis – Ochrolechia frigida – Alectoria spp. – crustose lichens Eightpetal mountain-avens – least willow – alpine sweetgrass – red fescue – three toothed saxifrage – blackish oxytrope – dwarf arctic ragwort – snow arnica / cetraria lichen – ochrolechia lichen – alectoria lichen – crustose lichens |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix glauca / Salix reticulata / Festuca altaica – Dryas octopetala Grayleaf willow / netleaf wilow / altai fescue – eightpetal mountain-avens |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Dryas octopetala – Vaccinium spp. Eightpetal mountain-avens – blueberries |
G5 | S5 | Racine and Young 1978 |
| Dryas octopetala – Vaccinium uliginosum – Salix reticulata Eightpetal mountain-avens – bog blueberry – net-leaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
| “Dryas octopetala, Vaccinium uliginosum, Salix arctica, Carex microchaeta, Hierochloe alpina, Hylocomium splendens” “Eightpetal mountain-avens, bog blueberry, arctic willow, smallawned sedge, alpine sweetgrass, splendid feathermoss” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Dryas octopetala (Dryas lichen dwarf shrub tundra) Eightpetal mountain-avens (Dryas lichen drawf shrub tundra) |
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| Dryas octopetala – Cetraria cucullata Eightpetal mountain-avens – cetraria lichen |
G4 | S4 | Viereck 1962 |
| Dryas octopetala – Cetraria spp. – Cladonia spp. Eightpetal mountain-avens – cetraria lichen – cladonia lichen |
G4 | S4 | Viereck 1962 |
| Dryas octopetala – Empetrum nigrum – Salix arctica – Cetraria spp. – Cladonia spp. Eightpetal mountain-avens – crowberry – arctic willow – cetraria lichen – cladonia lichen |
GNR | SNR | Young and Racine 1978 |
| Dryas octopetala – lichens Eightpetal mountain-avens – lichens |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1951 |
| Dryas octopetala – lichens – Oxytropis nigrescens – Salix phlebophylla – Carex microchaeta Eightpetal mountain-avens – lichens – blackish oxytrope – skeleton-leaf willow – smallawned sedge |
GNR | SNR | Johnson et al. 1966 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix reticulata – Cladonia rangiferina Eightpetal mountain-avens – net-leaf willow – reindeer lichen |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Dryas octopetala – Stereocaulon tomentosum Eightpetal mountain-avens – stereocaulon lichen |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Dryas octopetala (Dryas sedge dwarf shrub) Eightpetal mountain-avens (Dryas sedge drawf shrub) |
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| Dryas octopetala – Carex franklinii Eightpetal mountain-avens – rockdwelling sedge |
GNR | SNR | Gjaerevoll 1954 |
| Dryas octopetala – Carex glacialis Eightpetal mountain-avens – glacial sedge |
GNR | SNR | Gjaerevoll 1954 |
| Dryas octopetala – Carex microchaeta Eightpetal mountain-avens – smallawned sedge |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Dryas octopetala – Carex misandra – C. bigelowii Eightpetal mountain-avens – shortleaved sedge – Bigelow’s sedge |
GNR | SNR | Hanson 1951 |
| Dryas octopetala – Carex nardina – C. vaginata – lichens Eightpetal mountain-avens – nard sedge – sheathed sedge – lichens |
GNR | SNR | George et al. 1977 |
| Dryas octopetala – Carex scirpoidea Eightpetal mountain-avens – northern singlespike sedge |
GNR | SNR | Gjaerevoll 1954 |
| Dryas octopetala – Kobresia myosuroides Eightpetal mountain-avens – Bellardi bog sedge |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1951 |
| Dryas octopetala – Kobresia simpliciuscula Eightpetal mountain-avens – simple bog sedge |
GNR | SNR | Gjaerevoll 1954 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix arctica – Carex bigelowii – mosses Eightpetal mountain-avens – arctic willow – Bigelow’s sedge – mosses |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix reticulata – Carex bigelowii Eightpetal mountain-avens – net-leaf willow – Bigelow’s sedge |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1950 |
| Dryas octopetala – Salix reticulata – Carex podocarpa Eightpetal mountain-avens – netleaf willow – shortstalk sedge |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Dryas octopetala – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Luzula spp. – Carex misandra Eightpetal mountain-avens – lingonberry – luzula – shortleaved sedge |
GNR | SNR | Childs 1969 |
| Elliottia pyroliflorus Copperbush |
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| Cladothamnus pyrolaeflorus Copperbush |
G4 | S4 | Shacklette 1965 |
| Empetrum nigrum (Wetland) Crowberry – bog blueberry (Wetland) |
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| Empetrum nigrum – Carex pluriflora Crowberry – manyflower sedge |
G5 | S5 | Shephard 1995 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Carex pluriflora – C. pauciflora / Sphagnum spp. Crowberry – manyflower sedge – fewflower sedge / sphagnum moss |
G5 | S5 | Dachnowski – Stokes 1941 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Eriophorum angustifolium – Carex pluriflora / Sphagnum recurvum – Pleurozium schreberi Crowberry – tall cottongrass – manyflower sedge / recurved sphagnum moss – Schreber’s big red stem moss |
GNR | SNR | Neiland 1976. Unpub. field notes |
| Empetrum nigrum – Eriophorum angustifolium / Sphagnum magellanicum – S. warnstorfii Crowberry – tall cottongrass / Magellan’s sphagnum – Warnstorf’s sphagnum |
G4 | S4 | Reiners et al. 1971 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Ledum decumbens / Sphagnum spp. Crowberry – marsh Labrador tea / sphagnum moss |
G5 | S5 | Rigg 1914 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium uliginosum (Wetland) Crowberry – bog blueberry (Wetland) |
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| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium spp. – Carex pluriflora – Rubus chamaemorus / Sphagnum spp. Crowberry – blueberry – manyflower sedge – cloudberry / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Hultén 1960 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium uliginosum – Eriophorum angustifolium – Carex pauciflora / Sphagnum recurvum – Pleurozium schreberi Crowberry – bog blueberry – tall cottongrass – fewflower sedge / recurved sphagnum moss – Schreber’s big red stem moss |
GNR | SNR | Neiland 1976. Unpub. field notes |
| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium uliginosum / Trichophorum caespitosum Crowberry – bog blueberry / tufted bulrush |
GNR | SNR | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum – Empetrum nigrum Bog blueberry – crowberry |
GNR | SNR | Talbot and Talbot 1994 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum – Empetrum nigrum Bog blueberry – crowberry |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Empetrum nigrum (Upland) Crowberry (Upland) |
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| Empetrum nigrum Crowberry |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Arctostaphylos alpina Crowberry – alpine bearberry |
G5 | S5 | Bos 1967 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Carex bigelowii – Arcostaphylos alpina Crowberry – Bigelow’s sedge – alpine bearberry |
GNR | SNR | Bos 1967 |
| Carici circinnatae – Empetretum nigri ass. Nov. (Carex circinata – Empetrum nigrum) Coiled sedge – crowberry |
GNR | SNR | Daniels et al. 2004 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Carex pluriflora – C. macrochaeta / Cladonia spp. Crowberry – manyflower sedge – logawn sedge / cladonia lichen |
G5 | S5 | Bank 1951 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Cassiope lycopodioides – Carex circinnata / mosses Crowberry – clubmoss mountain heather – coiled sedge / mosses |
GNR | SNR | Byrd 1984 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Cassiope stelleriana – Phyllodoce aleutica – Vaccinium spp. Crowberry – Alaska bellheather – Aleutian mountain heath – blueberries |
G5 | S5 | Cooper 1942 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Elymus arenarius mollis Crowberry – American dunegrass |
G4 | S4 | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Loiseleuria procumbens Crowberry – alpine azalea |
G4 | S4 | Hasselbach 1992 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Lycopodium spp. / Brachythecium albicans – Cladonia spp. Crowberry – clubmoss / brachythecium moss – cladonia lichen |
GNR | SNR | Bank 1951 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Salix arctica – Cetraria spp. Crowberry – arctic willow – cetraria lichen |
G4 | S4 | Young and Racine 1978 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium spp. Crowberry – blueberries |
G5 | S5 | Griggs 1936 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium uliginosum Crowberry – bog blueberry |
G5 | S5 | Hultén 1962 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium uliginosum / Fauria crista – galli Crowberry – bog blueberry / deer cabbage |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Empetrum nigrum / Rhacomitrium canescens Crowberry / rhacomitrium moss |
GNR | SNR | Bosworth 1987 |
| Mesic Empetrum nigrum heath Mesic crowberry heath |
GNR | SNR | Talbot et al. 1984 |
| Rubo stellati – Empetretum nigri ass. Nov. Variant Geranium erianthum (Rubus arcticus ssp. stellatus – Empetrum nigrum / Geranium erianthum) Arctic blackberry – crowberry / cranesbill |
GNR | SNR | Daniels et al. 2004 |
| Rubo stellati – Empetretum nigri ass. Nov. Variant Plagiothecium undulatum (Rubus arcticus ssp. stellatus – Empetrum nigrum / Plagiothecium undulatum) Arctic blackberry – crowberry / undulate plagiothecium moss |
GNR | SNR | Daniels et al. 2004 |
| *Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium vitis-idaea *Crowberry – lingonberry |
GNR | SNR | Boggs and Sturdy 2005 |
| Harrimanella stelleriana Alaska bellheather |
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| Luetkea pectinata – Cassiope stelleriana – Lycopodium alpinum – Cladonia spp. Partridgefoot – Alaska bellheather – stiff clubmoss / cladonia lichen |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1951 |
| Cassiope stelleriana – Luetkea pectinata / Fauria crista – galli Alaska bellheather – partridgefoot / deer cabbage |
G4 | S4 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Harrimanella stelleriana Alaska bellheather |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Juniperus communis Common juniper |
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| Juniperus communis Common juniper |
G3 | S3 | Young and Racine 1976 |
| Kalmia polifolia – Empetrum nigrum Bog laurel – black crowberry |
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| Kalmia polifolia – Empetrum nigrum – Trichophorum caespitosum – Carex spp. Bog laurel – black crowberry – tufted bulrush – sedges |
G4 | S4 | Dachnowski – Stokes 1941 |
| Kalmia polifolia – Empetrum nigrum – Trichophorum caespitosum – Eriophorum angustifolium / Sphagnum spp. Bog laurel – black crowberry – tufted bulrush – tall cottongrass / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Dachnowski – Stokes 1941 |
| Ledum groenlandicum Bog Labrador tea |
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| Ledum groenlandicum Bog Labrador tea |
GNR | SNR | Boggs and Sturdy 2005 |
| Ledum decumbens – Vaccinium vitis-idaea Marsh Labrador tea – lingonberry |
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| Ledum decumbens – Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Sphagnum spp. Marsh Labrador tea – lingonberry / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Rigg 1914 |
| Loiseleuria procumbens Alpine azalea |
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| Loiseleuria procumbens – Vaccinium uliginosum – Salix arctica – Ledum decumbens Alpine azalea – bog blueberry – arctic willow – marsh Labrador tea |
GNR | SNR | Griggs 1936 |
| Luetkea pectinata Partridgefoot |
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| Luetkea pectinata – Phyllodoce spp. – Cassiope spp. Partridgefoot- mountainheath – mountain heather |
G4 | S4 | Streveler et al. 1973 |
| Luetkea pectinata – Leptarrhena pyrolifolia Partridgefoot – fireleaf leptarrhena |
GNR | SNR | Hasselbach 1992 |
| Myrica gale – Betula nana Sweet gale – dwarf birch |
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| Myrica gale – Betula nana – Salix spp. / Calamagrostis canadensis – Carex spp. Sweet gale – dwarf birch – willows / bluejoint reedgrass – sedges |
GNR | SNR | Seguin 1977 |
| Myrica gale – Potentilla fruticosa – Betula nana / Ledum decumbens – Rubus chamaemorus Sweet gale – shrubby cinquefoil – dwarf birch / marsh Labrador tea – cloudberry |
GNR | SNR | Rosenberg 1986 |
| Myrica gale – Salix species Sweet gale – willow species |
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| Myrica gale – Salix barclayi Sweet gale – Barclay’s willow |
G4 | S4 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Myrica gale – Salix barclayi / Primula egaliksensis Sweet gale – Barclay’s willow / Greenland primrose |
GNR | SNR | Turner 2010 |
| Myrica gale – Salix commutata Sweet gale – under-green willow |
GNR | SNR | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Myrica gale – Salix hookeriana Sweet gale – Hooker willow |
G3 | S3 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Myrica gale – Salix spp. / Calamagrostis canadensis Sweet gale – willows / bluejoint reedgrass |
GNR | SNR | Crow 1968 |
| Myrica gale – Salix spp. / Carex spp. Sweet gale – willows / sedges |
GNR | SNR | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Myrica gale / herbaceous Sweet gale / herbaceous |
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| Myrica gale / Calamagrostis canadensis Sweet gale / bluejoint reedgrass |
G5 | S5 | Hanson 1951 |
| Myrica gale / Carex aquatilis Sweet gale / water sedge |
GNR | SNR | Turner 2010 |
| Myrica gale / Carex livida Sweet gale / livid sedge |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Myrica gale / Carex lyngbyei Sweet gale / Lyngbye’s sedge |
G3 | S3 | “Boggs 2000, DeVelice et al. 1999″ |
| Myrica gale / Carex pluriflora Sweet gale / manyflower sedge |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Myrica gale – Carex saxatilis Sweet gale / rock sedge |
GNR | SNR | Martin 1989 |
| Myrica gale / Carex sitchensis Sweet gale / Sitka sedge |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Myrica gale / Carex spp. Sweet gale / sedges |
GNR | SNR | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Myrica gale / Empetrum nigrum Sweet gale /crowberry |
GNR | SNR | “Boggs 2000, DeVelice et al. 1999″ |
| Myrica gale / Empetrum nigrum – Eriophorum angustifolium – Carex pluriflora / Sphagnum recurvum – Pleurozium schreberi. Sweet gale / crowberry – tall cottongrass – manyflower sedge / recurved sphagnum moss – Schreber’s big red stem moss |
GNR | SNR | Neiland 1976. Unpub. field notes |
| Myrica gale / Epilobium angustifolium Sweet gale / fireweed |
G4 | S4 | “Boggs 2000, DeVelice et al. 1999″ |
| Myrica gale / Equisetum variegatum Sweet gale / variegated horsetail |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Myrica gale / Hordeum brachyantherum Sweet gale / meadow barley |
GNR | SNR | Crow 1968 |
| Myrica gale / Menyanthes trifoliata – Carex spp. Sweet gale / buckbean – sedges |
GNR | SNR | Rosenberg 1986 |
| Myrica gale / Poa eminens Sweet gale / largeflower speargrass |
GNR | SNR | Crow 1968 |
| Myrica gale / Rubus chamaemorus / Sphagnum spp. Sweet gale / cloudberry / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Griggs 1936 |
| Myrica gale / Trichophorum caespitosum / Sphagnum spp. Sweet gale / tufted bulrush / sphagnum moss |
G4 | S4 | Viereck 1970b |
| *Myrica gale *Sweet gale |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Phyllodoce aleutica Aleutian mountainheath |
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| Phyllodoce aleutica – Cassiope mertensiana Aleutian mountainheath – western moss heather |
GNR | SNR | Jaques 1973 |
| Phyllodoce aleutica – Cassiope spp. – Vaccinium spp. Aleutian mountainheath – moss heather – blueberries |
GNR | SNR | Klein 1965 |
| Phyllodoce aleutica – Cassiope stelleriana Aleutian mountainheath – Alaska bellheather |
G5 | S5 | Heusser 1960 |
| Phyllodoce aleutica – Luetkea pectinata Aleutian mountainheath – partridgefoot |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Phyllodoce aleutica / Fauria crista – galli Aleutian mountainheath / deer cabbage |
GNR | SNR | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry |
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| Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Rubus spectabilis – Oplopanax horridus Salmonberry – devil’s club |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2009 |
| Rubus spectabilis / Athyrium filix – femina Salmonberry / ladyfern |
G5 | S5 | Shephard 1995 |
| Rubus spectabilis / Calamagrostis canadensis Salmonberry / bluejoint reedgrass |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Salix alaxensis Feltleaf willow |
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| Salix alaxensis Feltleaf willow |
G5 | S5 | Griggs 1936 |
| Salix alaxensis / Arctostaphylos rubra Feltleaf willow – red bearberry |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix alaxensis – Aster sibiricus Feltleaf willow – Siberian aster |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Salix alaxensis / Astragalus alpinus – Epilobium latifolium Feltleaf willow / alpine milkvetch – dwarf fireweed |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix alaxensis / Calamagrostis spp. – Equisetum arvense Feltleaf willow / reedgrass – field horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Farjon and Bogaers 1985 |
| “Salix alaxensis, Shepherdia canadensis, Dryas octopetala, Arctostaphylos rubra” “Feltleaf willow, soapberry, eighleaf mountain-avens, red bearberry” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix alaxensis / Racomitrium canescens Feltleaf willow / racomitrium moss |
GNR | SNR | Viereck 1970a |
| Salix alaxensis – Salix species Feltleaf willow – willow species |
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| Mixed willow / Early seral Mixed willow / Early seral |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| “Dry sand and river cobbles and combinations of the following: Salix alaxensis, Artemisia arctica (A. borealis, A. glomerata), Oxytropis campestris (O. arctica, O. borealis, O. nigrescens), Astragalus alpinus, Epilobium latifolium, Androsace chamaejasme, Arctagrostis latifolia, Bromus pumpellianus, Poa alpina (P. arctica, P. glauca), Trisetum spicatum.” “Dry sand and river cobbles and combinations of the following: felt-leaf willow, boreal sagebrush (field sagewort,Pacific alpine wormwood ),northern yellow locoweed (arctic locoweed, boreal locoweed, blackish oxytrope) alpine milkvetch, dwarf fireweed, sweetflower rockjasmine, wideleaf polargrass, Pumpelly’s brome, alpine bluegrass (arctic bluegrass, white bluegrass), spike trisetum.” |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. arbusculoides / Calamagrostis canadensis – Equisetum pratense Feltleaf willow – little-tree willow / bluejoint reedgrass – meadow horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Hultén 1966 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. arbusculoides – S. glauca / Equisetum arvense – Pyrola grandiflora Feltleaf willow – little-tree willow – gray-leaf willow / field horsetail – largeflowered wintergreen |
GNR | SNR | Bliss and Cantlon 1957 |
| “Salix alaxensis, Salix barclayi, Shepherdia canadensis, Epilobium angustifolium” “Feltleaf willow, Barclay’s willow, soapberry, fireweed” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix barclyi – S. alaxensis / Athyrium felix – femina Barclay’s willow – feltleaf willow / ladyfern |
GNR | SNR | Hasselbach 1992 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. glauca Feltleaf willow – gray-leaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Komarkova and Webber 1980 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. glauca – S. planifolia – Betula nana – Calamagrostis canadensis – Arctagrostis latifolia – Equisetum arvense – Polemonium acutiflorum – Valeriana capitata – Dodecatheon frigidum – Parrya nudicaulis / Hylocomium splendens. Feltleaf willow – gray-leaf willow – diamond-leaf willow – dwarf birch – bluejoint reedgrass – wideleaf polargrass – field horsetail – tall Jacob’s-ladder – capitate valerian -western arctic shootingstar – nakedstem wallflower / splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. glauca – Hedysarum spp. – Oxytropis borealis – O. campestris – O. deflexa – Astragalus alpinus – Artemisia arctica – Bromus pumpellianus – Festuca rubra – Poa spp. – Agropyron macrourum. Feltleaf willow – gray-leaf willow – sweetvetch – boreal locoweed – northern yellow locoweed – nodding locoweed – alpine milkvetch – boreal sagebrush – Pumpelly’s brome – red fescue – bluegrass – thickspike wheatgrass |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. glauca – S. lanata Feltleaf willow – gray-leaf willow – Richardson willow |
G5 | S5 | Spetzman 1959 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. planifolia Feltleaf willow – diamond-leaf willow |
G5 | S5 | Johnson et al. 1966 |
| Salix alaxensis – S. planifolia – Alnus tenuifolia / Vaccinium uliginosum – Betula glandulosa Feltleaf willow – diamond-leaf willow – thinleaf alder / bog blueberry – resin birch |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1986 |
| “Salix alaxensis, Salix planifolia, Shepherdia canadensis, Festuca altaica, Hylocomium splendens” “Feltleaf willow, diamondleaf willow, soapberry, altai fescue, splendid feathermoss” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix alaxensis / Shepherdia canadensis / Dryas octopetala – Arctostaphylos rubra – Cladonia pyxidata Feltleaf willow / soapberry / eightpetal mountain-avens – pixie cups |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| “Salix alaxensis, Betula nana, Festuca altaica, Salix reticulata, Dryas integrifolia” “Feltleaf willow, dwarf birch, altai fescue, net-leaf willow, entireleaf mountan-avens” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix alaxensis – Alnus fruticosa Feltleaf willow – Siberian alder |
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| “Alnus crispa, Salix alaxensis, Calamagrostis inexpansa, Rubus arcticus, feathermoss” “Siberian alder, feltleaf willow, northern reedgrass, arctic blackberry, feathermoss” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix arctica Arctic willow |
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| Salix arctica Arctic willow |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Salix arctica – Carex nesophila – Cladina alpestris – Cetraria cucullata Arctic willow – Bering Sea sedge – reindeer lichen – cetraria lichen |
GNR | SNR | Klein 1959 |
| Salix arctica – S. rotundifolia – Empetrum nigrum Arctic willow – least willow – crowberry |
GNR | SNR | Shacklette et al. 1969 |
| Salix arctica – Rhododendron camtschaticum / Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Arctic willow – Kamchatka rhododendron B655/ square goose neck moss |
GNR | SNR | Bosworth 1987 |
| Salix arctica (Wetland) Arctic willow (Wetland) |
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| Salix arctica / Carex lyngbyei Arctic willow – Lyngbye’s sedge |
G3 | S3 | “Boggs 2000, DeVelice et al. 1999″ |
| Salix barclayi (Upland) Barclay’s willow (Upland) |
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| Salix barclayi Barclay’s willow |
G5 | S5 | Hulten 1960 |
| Salix barclayi / Calamagrostis canadensis Barclay’s willow / bluejoint reedgrass |
G5 | S5 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Salix barclayi / Equisetum arvense Barclay’s willow / field horsetail |
G5 | S5 | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| “Salix barclayi, Equisetum palustre, Carex podocarpa, Hylocomium splendens” “Barclay’s willow, marsh horsetail, shortstalk sedge, splendid feathermoss” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix barclayi / Ericaceous shrub Barclay’s willow / Ericaceous shrub |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Salix barclayi / Fragaria chiloensis Barclay’s willow / beach strawberry |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Salix barclayi / Lupinus nootkatensis – Heracleum lanatum – Carex macrochaeta Barclay’s willow / Nootka lupine – cow parsnip – longawn sege |
GNR | SNR | Bosworth 1987 |
| Salix barclayi / Lupinus nootkatensis Barclay’s willow / Nootka lupine |
GNR | SNR | Boggs 2000 |
| Salix barclayi / Mixed herb Barclay’s willow / Mixed herb |
GNR | SNR | Shephard 1995 |
| Salix barclayi / Mixed herbaceous Barclay’s willow / Mixed herbaceous |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Salix barclayi – S. glauca / Calamagrostis canadensis Barclay’s willow – gray-leaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Salix pulchra – Salix barclayi Tealeaf willow – Barclay’s willow |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Salix barclayi (Wetland) Barclay’s willow |
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| Salix barclayi / Calamagrostis canadensis – Carex spp. Barclay’s willow / bluejoint reedgrass – sedges |
GNR | SNR | Streveler et al. 1973 |
| Salix barclayi / Carex pluriflora Barclay’s willow / manyflower sedge |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Salix barclayi / Carex sitchensis Barclay’s willow / Sitka sedge |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Salix barclayi / Carex utriculata Barclay’s willow / Northwest Territory sedge |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Salix barclayi / Equisetum variegatum Barclay’s willow / variegated horsetail |
G3 | S3 | Boggs 2000 |
| (Salix barclayi – Salix sitchensis – Salix alaxensis) / Equisetum variegatum (Barclay’s willow – Sitka willow – feltleaf willow) / variegated horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Turner 2010 |
| Salix barrattiana Barratt willow |
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| “Salix barrattiana, Betula nana, Dryas integrifolia, Gentiana propinqua, Pleurozium schreberi” “Barratt willow, dwarf birch, entireleaf mountain-avens, fourpart dwarf gentian, Schreber’s big red stem moss “ |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix bebbiana Bebb willow |
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| Salix bebbiana Bebb willow |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Salix bebbiana / Calamagrostis canadensis Bebb willow / bluejoint reedgrass |
GNR | SNR | Ritchie et al. 1981 |
| Salix bebbiana / Equisetum arvense Bebb willow / field horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Salix commutata Undergreen willow |
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| Salix commutata Undergreen willow |
G4 | S4 | “DeVelice et al. 1999, Boggs 2000 (undersampled)” |
| Salix commutata / Carex aquatilis / Calliergon giganteum Undergreen willow / water sedge / giant calliergon moss |
GNR | SNR | Streveler et al. 1973 |
| Salix glauca Grayleaf willow |
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| Salix glauca / Arctostaphylos alpina Grayleaf willow / alpine bearberry |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix glauca / Arctostaphylos rubra – Dryas octopetala – Salix reticulata – Oxytropis deflexa Grayleaf willow / alpine bearberry |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Salix glauca – Arctostaphylos rubra – Vaccinium uliginosum – Arctagrostis latifolia Grayleaf willow / alpine bearberry – bog blueberry – wideleaf polargrass |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Salix glauca – Dryas integrifolia Grayleaf willow – entireleaf mountain-avens |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Salix glauca / Dryas octopetala Grayleaf willow – eightpetal mountain-avens |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix glauca – Dryas octopetala – Betula nana Grayleaf willow – eightpetal mountain-avens – dwarf birch |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Salix glauca / Hylocomium splendens Grayleaf willow / splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Salix glauca / Petasites frigidus Grayleaf willow / arctic sweet coltsfoot |
G4 | S4 | Churchill 1955 |
| Salix glauca / S. reticulata – Carex podocarpa – Artemisia arctica Grayleaf willow / net-leaf willow / shortstalk sedge – boreal sagebrush |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| “Salix glauca, Shepherdia canadensis, Vaccinium uliginosum, Dryas integrifolia, Saxifraga tricuspidata, Polytrichium commun” “Grayleaf willow, soapberry, bog blueberry, entireleaf mountain-avens, three toothed saxifrage, polytrichum moss” |
G4 | S4 | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix glauca – Salix species Grayleaf willow – willow species |
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| Salix glauca – S. planifolia – S. lanata Grayleaf willow – diamondleaf willow – wooly willow |
G5 | S5 | Griggs 1936 |
| Salix glauca – S. planifolia – S. lanata / Equisetum arvense Grayleaf willow – diamondleaf willow – wooly willow / field horsetail |
G5 | S5 | Viereck 1962 |
| Salix glauca – S. planifolia – S. reticulata – Dryas integrifolia – Polygonum bistorta – Petasites frigida – Pyrola grandiflora – Lupinus arcticus – Anemone parviflora – Oxytropis maydelliana / Tomenthypnum nitens – Hylocomium splendens – Peltigera aphthosa. Grayleaf willow – diamondleaf willow – net-leaf willow – entireleaf mountain-avens – meadow bistort – arctic sweet coltsfoot – largeflowered wintergreen – arctic lupine – smallflowered anemone – Maydell’s oxytrope / tomenthypnum moss – splendid feathermoss – peltigera lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| *Salix glauca or S. planifolia – Betula nana – Carex bigelowii – Petasites frigidus / Hylocomium splendens – Dicranum spp. – Polytrichum spp. – Rhytidium rugosum – Peltigera spp. *Grayleaf willow or diamondleaf willow – dwarf birch – Bigelow’s sedge – arctic sweet coltsfoot / splendid feathermoss – dicranum moss – polytrichum moss – rhytidium lichen – peltigera lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| “Salix glauca, Shepherdia canadensis, Dryas integrifolia, Artemisia frigida, Festuca rubra” “Grayleaf willow, soapberry, entireleaf mountain-avens, fringed sagebrush, red fescue” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix hookeriana Big-leaf willow |
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| Salix hookeriana Big-leaf willow |
G3 | S3 | Shephard 1995 |
| Salix interior Sandbar willow |
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| Salix interior Sandbar willow |
G4G5 | S4 | Turner 2010 |
| Salix lanata Wooly willow |
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| Salix lanata / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooly willow / bluejoint reedgrass |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Salix lanata / Carex aquatilis – Equisetum arvense Wooly willow / water sedge – field horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Salix lanata – Carex aquatilis Wooly willow – water sedge |
G4 | S4 | Webber and Walker 1975 |
| Salix lanata – Carex vaginata / Hylocomium splendens Wooly willow – sheathed sedge / splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Salix lanata / Equisetum arvense Wooly willow / field horsetail |
G4 | S4 | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix lanata / Equisetum variegatum Wooly willow / variegated horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Salix lanata – S. glauca / Dryas integrifolia Wooly willow – gray-leaf willow / entireleaf mountain-avens |
GNR | SNR | Komarkova and Webber 1978 |
| Salix lanata – S. glauca – S. reticulata – Arctostaphylos rubra – Equisetum variegatum – Astragalus umbellatus – Oxytropis maydelliana / Tomenthypnum nitens – Hylocomium splendens – Campylium stellatum – Hypnum spp. – Dicranum spp. Wooly willow – gray-leaf willow – net-leaf willow – red bearberry – variegated horsetail – tundra milkvetch – Maydell’s oxytrope / tomenthypnum moss – splendid feathermoss – star campylium moss – hypnum moss – dicranum moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix lanata – S. planifolia Wooly willow – diamondleaf willow |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1951 |
| Salix niphoclada (Salix brachycarpa) Barrenground willow |
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| “Salix brachycarpa, Dryas octopetala, Salix reticulata, Cassiope tetragona, feathermoss” “Barrenground willow, eightpetal mountain-avens, net-leaf willow, white arctic mountain heather, feathermoss” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix brachycarpa – S. barclayi – S. glauca / Hylocomium splendens Barrenground willow – Barclay’s willow – gray-leaf willow / splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Viereck 1966 |
| Salix ovalifolia Oval-leaf willow |
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| Salix ovalifolia Oval-leaf willow |
G4 | S4 | White et al. 1975 |
| Salix ovalifolia – Artemisia borealis Oval-leaf willow – field sagewort |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix ovalifolia – Deschampsia caespitosa Oval-leaf willow – tufted hairgrass |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 2004 |
| Salix ovalifolia – Empetrum nigrum – Festuca rubra – Calamagrostis deschampsioides Oval-leaf willow – crowberry – red fescue – circumpolar reedgrass |
GNR | SNR | Hanson 1951 |
| Salix ovalifolia – Minuartia macrocarpa Oval-leaf willow – longpod stitchwort |
GNR | SNR | Hasselbach 1992 |
| “Wet mudflats with combinations of Salix ovalifolia, Carex subspathacea, Carex ursina, Puccinellia phryganodes, Stellaria humifusa, Cochlearia officinalis, Sedum rosea.” “Wet mudflats with combinations of oval-leaf willow, Hoppner’s sege, bear sedge, creeping alkaligrass, saltmarsh starwort, common scurvygrass, roseroot stonecrop” |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix phlebophylla Skeletonleaf willow |
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| Salix phlebophylla Skeletonleaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Salix pulchra (Wetland and water tracks) Tealeaf willow (Wetland and water tracks) |
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| Salix planifolia Diamondleaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Salix planifolia – Betula nana – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Vaccinium uligiuosum – Eriophorum angustifolium – E. vaginatum – Carex bigelowii – Petasites frigidus / Sphagnum spp. – Hylocomium splendens – Aulacomnium palustre – Dicranum spp. – Peligera spp. Diamondleaf willow / dwarf birch – lingonberry – bog blueberry – tall cottongrass – tussock cottongrass – Bigelow’s sedge – arctic sweet coltsfoot / sphagnum moss – splendid feathermoss – ribbed bogmoss – dicranum moss – peligera lichen |
G4 | S4 | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix planifolia / Calamagrostis canadensis / Sphagnum spp. Diamondleaf willow / bluejoint grass / sphagnum moss |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix planifolia – Alnus crispa / Betula nana – Calamagrostis spp. Diamondleaf willow / Siberian alder / dwarf birch – bluejoint grass |
GNR | SNR | Brock and Burke 1980 |
| Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra (closed) Tealeaf willow (closed) |
G4 | S4 | Helt et al. 1999 |
| Salix pulchra (Upland) Tealeaf willow (Upland) |
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| Salix planifolia Diamondleaf willow |
G4 | S4 | Hopkins and Sigafoos 1951 |
| Salix planifolia – S. glauca / Calamagrostis canadensis – Epilobium angustifolium – Equisetum pratense Diamondleaf willow – grayleaf willow / bluejoint grass – fireweed – meadow horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Young and Racine 1978 |
| Salix planifolia – S. lanata – Myrica gale / Calamagrostis canadensis Diamondleaf willow – wooly willow – sweetgale / bluejoint grass |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Salix planifolia – S. lanata / Calamagrostis canadensis Diamondleaf willow – wooly willow / bluejoint grass |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Salix plantifolia – S. reticulata – Dryas integrifolia – Cassiope tetragona – Carex bigelowii – Equisetum arvense – Petasites frigidus – Boykinia richardsonii – Dodecatheon friidum – Geum glaciale / Hylocomium splendens – Tomenthypnum nitens Diamondleaf willow – netleaf willow – entireleaf mountain avens – alpine bearberry – field horsetail – arctic sweet coltsfoot – Richardson’s brookfoam – western arctic shootingstar – glacier avens / splendid feathermoss – tomenthypnum moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix planifolia – Vaccinium spp. / Arctagrostis latifolia Diamondleaf willow – blueberry / wideleaf polar grass |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Salix planifolia / Betula glandulosa – Vaccinium uliginosum Diamondleaf willow / resin birch – bog blueberry |
GNR | SNR | Brock and Burke 1980 |
| Salix planifolia – Betula nana – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Carex aquatilis – C. bigelowii – Eriophorum angustifolium – Pyrola grandiflora / Hylocomium splendens – Aulacomnium turgidum – A.palustre – Sphagnum spp. – Dicranum spp. – Polytrichum spp. – Peltigera aphthosa Diamondeaf willow – dwarf birch – lingonberry – water sedege – Bigelow’s sedge – tall cottongrass – largeflowered wintergreen / splendid feathermoss – turgid aulacomnium moss – ribbed bogmoss – sphagnum moss – dicranum moss – polytrichum moss – peltigera lichen |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix planifolia / Equisetum arvense Diamondleaf willow / field horsetail |
GNR | SNR | Webber et al. 1978 |
| Salix planifolia / Petasites frigidus – Sphagnum spp. Diamondleaf willow / arctic sweet coltsfoot – sphagnum moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Salix planifolia / S. rotundifolia – S. phlebophylla – Petasites frigidus – Poa arctica – Luzula confusa Diamonleaf willow – least willow – skeletonleaf willow – arctic sweet coltsfoot – arctic bluegrass – northern woodrush |
GNR | SNR | Clebsch 1957 |
| “Salix planifolia, Vaccinium uliginosum, Salix reticulata, Carex podocarpa, Hylocomium splendens” “Diamondleaf willow, bog blueberry, netleaf willow, shortstalk sedge, splendid feathermoss” |
G4 | S4 | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra (open) Tealeaf willow (open) |
G4 | S4 | Helt et al. 1999 |
| “Salix planifolia, Betula nana, Calamagrostis lapponica, Petasites hyperboreus, feathermoss” “Diamondleaf willow, dwarf birch, lapland reedgrass, arctic sweet coltsfoot , splendid feathermoss “ |
G4 | S4 | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix pulchra Tealeaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Salix pulchra / Calamagrostis canadensis Tealeaf willow / Bluejoint reedgrass |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Salix pulchra – sedge tundra Tealeaf willow – sedge tundra |
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| *Carex aquatilis – Eriophorum angustifolium – Salix planifolia or Salix lanata / Campylium stellatum – Drepanocladus spp. – Tomenthypnum nitens *Water sedge – tall cottongrass – diamonleaf willow or wooly willow / star campylium moss – drepanocladus moss – tomenthyphum moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Eriophorum angustifolium – Carex aquatilis – Salix planifolia / Drepanocladus spp. Tall cottongrass – water sedge – diamondleaf willow / drepanocladus moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Eriophorum angustifolium – Carex bigelowii – Carex aquatilis – Salix planifolia – S.reticulata / Tomenthypnum nitens – Hylocomium splendens Tall cottongrass – Bigelow’s sedge – water sedge – diamondleaf willow – netleaf willow / tomenthypnum moss – splendid feathermoss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix planifolia – Carex aquatilis Diamondleaf willow – water sedge |
G4 | S4 | Komarkova and Webber 1978 |
| Salix planifolia – Spiraea beauverdiana / Carex aquatilis Diamondleaf willow – Steven spiraea / water sedge |
GNR | SNR | Hultén 1966 |
| Salix planifolia / Carex bigelowii Diamondleaf willow / Bigelow’s sedge |
G4 | S4 | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Salix planifolia / Carex bigelowii – Arctagrostis latifolia Diamondleaf willow / Bigelow’s sedge – wideleaf polar grass |
GNR | SNR | Churchill 1955 |
| Salix planifolia / Carex bigelowii – Petasites frigidus / Hylocomium splendens Diamondleaf willow / Bigelow’s sedge – arctic sweet coltsfoot / splendid feathermoss |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1958 |
| Salix planifolia / Carex podocarpa – Petasites frigidus Diamondleaf willow / shortstalk sedge – arctic sweet coltsfoot |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
| Salix polaris Polar willow |
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| Salix polaris Polar willow |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Salix polaris – Cetraria islandica – Cladina rangiferina Polar willow – cetraria lichen – reindeer lichen |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Salix polaris – S. reticulata – Hylocomium splendens – Carex podocarpa Polar willow – net-leaf willow – splendid feathermos – shortstalk sedge |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Salix reticulata Netleaf willow |
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| Eriophorum angustifolium – Equisetum variegatum – Carex bigelowii – C. aquatilis – Dryas integrifolia – Salix reticulata – S. phlebophylla / Tomenthypnum nitens – Drepanocladus spp. Tall cottongrass – variegated horsetail – Bigelow’s sedge – water sedge – entireleaf mountain-avens – net-leaf willow – skeletonleaf willow / tomenthypnum moss – drepranocladus moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson et al. 1994 |
| Salix reticulata Netleaf willow |
G4 | S4 | Helt et al. 1999 |
| Salix reticulata – Carex bigelowii – Aulacomnium spp. Netleaf willow – Bigelow’s sedge – aulacomnium moss |
GNR | SNR | Jorgenson 1984 |
| Salix reticulata – Carex microchaeta – Racomitrium lanuginosum Netleaf willow – smallawned sedge – rhacomitrium moss |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Salix reticulata – Carex saxatilis Netleaf willow – rock sedge |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Salix reticulata / Festuca altaica Netleaf willow – altai fescue |
GNR | SNR | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Salix reticulata – Dryas integrifolia – Carex bigelowii – Tomenthypnum nitens Netleaf willow – entireleaf mountain-avens – Bigelow’s sedge – tomenthypnum moss |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Salix reticulata – Dryas octopetala – Carex scirpoidea Netleaf willow – eightpetal mountain-avens – Canadian single-spike sedge |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
| Salix reticulata – Ledum decumbens Netleaf willow – marsh Labrador tea |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| “Salix reticulata, Carex membranacea. Eriophorum angustifolium, Dryas integrifolia, Sphagnum spp.” “Netleaf willow, fragile sedge, tall cottongrass, entireleaf mountain-avens, sphagnum moss” |
GNR | SNR | Heebner 1982 |
| Salix rotundifolia Least willow |
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| Salix rotundifolia Least willow |
G5 | S5 | Klein 1959 |
| Salix rotundifolia – Oxyria digyna Least willow – mountain sorrel |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
| Salix rotundifolia – Potentilla vahliana – Saxifraga oppositifolia Least willow – Vahl’s cinquefoil – purple mountain saxifrage |
GNR | SNR | Racine and Anderson 1979 |
| Salix rotundifolia / Carex microchaeta Least willow / smallawned sedge |
G4 | S4 | DeVelice et al. 1999 |
| Salix rotundifolia / Geum rossii Least willow / Ross’s avens |
GNR | SNR | DeVelice et al 1999 |
| Salix rotundifolia – S. ovalifolia – Cassiope lycopodioides – Empetrum nigrum Least willow – arctic seashore willow – clubmoss mountain heather – crowberry |
GNR | SNR | Shacklette et al. 1969 |
| Salix spp. – Cassiope lycopodioides Willow – clubmoss mountain heather |
GNR | SNR | Byrd 1984 |
| Salix rotundifolia – S. phlebophylla Least willow – skeletonleaf willow |
GNR | SNR | Clebsch 1957 |
| Salix setchelliana Setchell’s willow |
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| Salix setchelliana Setchell’s willow |
G3 | S3 | Boggs 2000 |
| Salix sitchensis Sitka willow |
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| *(Salix sitchensis – Alnus viridis) / Chamerion latifolium / Racomitrium canescens *(Sitka willow – alder) / fireweed / racomitrium mosses |
GNR | SNR | Turner 2010 |
| Salix sitchensis / Calamagrostis canadensis – Equisetum arvense Sitka willow / bluejoint reedgrass – field horsetail |
G4 | S4 | Shephard 1995 |
| Salix sitchensis Sitka willow |
G4 | S4 | Turner 2010 |
| Salix sitchensis Sitka willow |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Salix sitchensis – Shepherdia canadensis Sitka willow – soapberry |
G3 | S3 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Shepherdia canadensis Soapberry |
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| Shepherdia canadensis Soapberry |
G3 | S3 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| Spiraea stevenii Steven spirea |
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| Spiraea stevenii Steven spirea |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2003 |
| Vaccinium caespitosum Dwarf bilberry |
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| Association Empetro nigri – Vaccinietum caespitosi (Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium caespitosum) Association – crowberry – dwarf bilberry |
GNR | SNR | Kojima 2006 |
| Association Empetro nigri – Vaccinietum caespitosi; Variant Arctostaphylos alpina spectabilis (Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium caespitosum variant Arctostaphylos alpina) Association – crowberry – dwarf bilberry; Variant alpine bearberry |
GNR | SNR | Kojima 2006 |
| Association Empetro nigri – Vaccinietum caespitosi; Variant Rubus arctica spectabilis (Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium caespitosum variant Rubus arcticus) Association – crowberry – dwarf bilberry: Variant arctic blackberry |
GNR | SNR | Kojima 2006 |
| “Vaccinium uliginosum (Upland, low shrub)” “Bog blueberry (Upland, low shrub)” |
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| Vaccinium uliginosum / Low shrub Bog blueberry / Low shrub |
GNR | SNR | Boggs et al. 2000 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum – Ledum palustre Bog blueberry / marsh Labrador tea |
G5 | S5 | Helt et al. 1999 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum (Wetland) Bog blueberry (Wetland) |
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| Vaccinium uliginosum Bog blueberry |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2008 |
| “Vaccinium uliginosum (Upland, dwarf shrub)” “Bog blueberry (Upland, dwarf shrub)” |
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| Bryophyte – Vaccinium uliginosum – Dryas octopetala – Carex bigelowii Bryophyte – bog blueberry – eightpetal mountain-avens – Bigelow’s sedge |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
| Empetrum nigrum – Vaccinium uliginosum Crowberry – bog blueberry |
G4 | S4 | Boggs et al. 2009 |
| Rhododendron lapponicum – Vaccinium uliginosum – V. vitis-idaea Lapland rosebay – bog blueberry – lingonberry |
GNR | SNR | Drew and Shanks 1965 |
| “Vaccinio uliginosi – Salicetum phlebophyllae, prostrate vegetation of ridgetops on acidic soils” “Bog blueberry – skeletonleaf willow, prostrate vegetation of ridgetops on acidic soils” |
GNR | SNR | Cooper 1986 |
| Vaccinium spp. – Ledum decumbens – Arctostaphylos alpina – Cassiope tetragona Blueberry – marsh Labrador tea – alpine bearberrry |
G4 | S4 | Hanson 1958 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum Bog blueberry |
G5 | S5 | Hasselbach 1992 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum – Diapensia lapponica – Phyllodoce coerulea – Salix polaris – S. arctica Bog blueberry – pincushion plant – blue mountainheath – polar willow – arctic willow |
GNR | SNR | Fries 1977 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum – Empetrum nigrum – Ledum decumbens – Cladonia spp. Bog blueberry – crowberry – marsh Labrador tea – cladonia lichen |
GNR | SNR | Steigers et al. 1983 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum – lichens Bog blueberry – lichens |
GNR | SNR | Craighead et al. 1988 |
| Vaccinium uliginosum – V. vitis-idaea Bog blueberry – lingonberry |
GNR | SNR | Hettinger and Janz 1974 |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea tundra lingonberry tundra |
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| Festuca altaica – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – V. uliginosum – Empetrum nigrum – Dryas octopetala lingonberry – bog blueberry – crowberry – eightleaf mountain-avens |
GNR | SNR | Hanson 1951 |
| Ledum decumbens – Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Cetraria spp. Marsh Labrador tea – lingonberry – cetraria lichen |
GNR | SNR | Hanson 1951 |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Dryas octopetala – Empetrum nigrum – Festuca altaica lingonberry – eightleaf mountain-avens – crowberry – altai fescue |
GNR | SNR | Scott 1974a |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Empetrum nigrum – Cladina spp. lingonberry – crowberry – cladina lichens |
GNR | SNR | Racine and Anderson 1979 |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Salix phleobophylla – Arctostaphylos alpina lingonberry – skeleton-leaf willow – alpine bearberry |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Salix phleobophylla – Arctostaphylos alpina lingonberry – skeleton-leaf willow – alpine bearberry |
GNR | SNR | Anderson 1974 |
