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Vascular Vegetation of Buldir Island, .Aleutian Islaads; Alaska, Compared To Ancm ' VOL. 37,NO. 1 (MARCH.1984) P. 37-48 Vascular Vegetation of Buldir Island, .Aleutian Islaads; Alaska, Compared to. Another Aleutian Island., G. VERNON.BY.RD' ABSTRACT. The .vegetation of Blddir Island, Alaska, was studied from1974 to 1976. On this treeless volcanic island, two distinct vegetation com- plexes were conspicuous, one with relativelytall dominant plants .which generally occurredbelow 300 .m elevation (called the Lowland Tall-plant complex), and the other composed of muchshorterplants about 300 m elevationfcallekthe Upland.Short-plant complex), The lotvland complex con- tained eight plant communities, but over90% of the complex consisted of three; Elymus-umbet, Elymus-umbel-fein,and Cura-fescue meadow. The upland complex wasless diverse, containing only four communitiesof which the moss-willow tundra was the most widespread.At Buldir 119 species of vascular plants were identified, considerably fewer than at a nearby larger island, Amchitka. Key words: vascular plants, volcano, Aleutian Islands, plant ecology RÉSUMI?. La v6g6tation de l'île Buldir, en Alaska, fut 6tudiC entre 1974 et 1976. Sur cette île volcanique d6pourvue d'arbres, deux complexes distincts de v6g6tation sonttvidents, l'un form6 de plantes dominantes relativement grandes, paraissant g6ntralementh une altitudede moins de 300 m (nomme le complexe des plantesde grande taille des ternwbasses), et I'autre.cornpo&.de plantes de .taille beaucoup plus petite trouvt?es B une altitude de plus de ,300 m (appel6 le complexe des plantes de petite taille des terres blev&s). Le complexe des terres basses comprenait huit com- munautCs de plantes, mais trois de celles-ci comptaient pour90% du complexe: Elyrmcs-ombellifbre, Elymus-ombelIiRre-fougbreet Cum-fbque- pr6. Le complexe des hautes terres ne @sentait pas une telle diversitt,.ne contenant quequatre communautts, dont la toundra de.mousseet desaule Ctait la plus dispers&. A Buldir, 119 espkxes de plantes vasculaires furent identifides,un nombre considirablement inf6rieur h celui du compte sur Amchitka, une île voisine-de taille supkrieure. Mots clts: plantes.vasculaires, volcan; îles Alhutiermes, kologie v6g6tale Traduit pour le journal par Maurice Guibord. INTRODUCTION As part of an, ecologicalLevaluation of theendangered Aleutian Canada Goose; Brantacanadensis leucopareia, and,'other species of birds at :BuldirIsland, ,Alaska,this vegetation study was conducted during the summers,of 1974 through 1976;:The objectives. were to describe and delineate plant communities; to quantitatively assess community composition, and to iden- tify all vascular plant qecies on the island. The Aleutian Islands'.flora is relatively well known. Hultdn. (1960, 1968)made extensive collections and. summarized available information on plant distribution 'in..the Aleutians, I I but he wasnever ashore at Buldir. Only two small plant collec- lid tions have been made previously on the island (Coats, 1953); FIG. I. Map of the Ateutian Islands, Alah, with an enlargement of Buldir The only previous site-specific studies of plant communities in .Istand. the Aleutians were conducted OR Amchitka Island, 200 km east only permanent-wetlands are.Kittiwake Pond (1.2 ha), several of Buldir (Shacklette er, al., ,1969; Amundsen,. 1977): This small streams, and two small marshy areasless than .1 ha in ex- paper summarizes the study resultsat Buldir, and comparisons tent in the alluvial vaky.. are made between.the respective floras at Buldir and Am- U.S. Weather Service records, forShemya Island, 115 chitka. Nomenclature follows that of Huldn (1968). km west of Buldir, provide a useful indicator.of conditions at Buldir. Average monthly temperatures .range from O" C in STUDY AREA January and February to 9" C in August. At least partial over- Buldir is in the western Aleutian Islands (Fig. 1). It is the cast occurs on . more than 90% of the . days, and relative westernmost of the Aleutianvolcanoes that were still active in humidity near sea level averages over 90%. The region, is the Quaternary period (Coats, 1953). Buldir's surface area is famous for high wind velocity; the average at Shemya is over approximately 2000 ha and is composed of three volcanoes 30 bah", and velocities exceeding ,150 kmeh-l are recorded and an alluvial valley. The highest elevationis 655. m; A nari occasionally in winter. row, boulder-strewn beach is backed by nearly-vertical cliffs. Btrldir is.the. most isolated of the Aleutiawand has no pro- Steep (20" to Mo+)vegetated slopes, rising from cliff tops tected beaches for boat, landings. As a result, it is one of the toward the volcanicpeaks, arefrequently intersected by soil or few islandson which arctic foxes,Alopex lagopus, were never rock slides. Plateaus occur on the flanks of volcanoes..The introduced (Jones, 1963). Unlike most of theislands with 'Aladdin Route.Box 160 E, Colville, Washington 99114, .U.S.A. 38 G.V. BYRD TABLE 1. Vascular plants found at Buldir Island 1974 to 1976 LYCOPODIACEAE PORTULACEAE CORNACEAE Lycopodium selago L. Claytonia sibirica L. Comus canadensis L. X suecica L. L. annotinum L. Montia fontana L. C. suecica L. clavatum L. L. CARYOPHYLLACEAE L. alpinum L. PYROLACEAE Stellaria calycantra (Ledeb.) Bong. L. sabinaefolium Willd. Pyrola minor L. crispa Cham. & Schlecht S. EMPETRACEAE SELAGINELLACEAE S. humifusa Rottb. Empetrum nignun L. Selaginella selaginoia'es (L.) Link Cerastium aleuticum Hult. EQUISETACEAE C. fischerianum Ser. ERICACEAE Equisetum arvense L. Sagina cmssicaulis S. Wats. Rhododendron camtschaticumPall. S. intermedin Fenzl. Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. ATHYRIACEAE Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. *Phyllodoce aleutica (Spreng.) Heller) Athyrium felk-femina (L.) Roth Cassiope lycopodioia'es (Pall.) D. Don RANUNCULACEAE Vaccinium vitis-idaeaL. ASPIDIACEAE Anemone narcissiflora L. Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) Gray Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. PRIMULACEAE *Polystichum braunii(Spenn.) Fee' *Ranunculus eschscheltzii2 Primula cuneifolia Ledeb. GRAMINAE *R. grandis Hod' Trientalis europaea L. Agrostis arata Trin. R. hyperboreus Rottb. GENTIANACEAE Bromus sitchensis Trin. R. occia'entalis Nutt. Gentiana aleutica Cham. & Schlecht. Calamagrostis nutkutensis (Presl.) Steud. CRUCIFERAE G. amarella L. Deschampsia beringensis Hult. Cochlearia oflcinalis L. SCROPHULARIACEAE Elymus arenarius L. Carahmine umbellataGreene Veronica americanaSchwein. Festuca rubra L. *Draba borealis D.C.3 V. grandiflora Gaertn. Phleum commutatum Gandoger D. hyperborea (L.) Desv. Pw arctica R. Br. V. serpyllifolia L. V. stelleri Pall. Puccinellia hgeana (Berl.) Sorens SAXIFRAGACEAE Mimulus guttatus D.C. *Arctophilafulva (Trin.) Anderss.2 *Saxrfaga aleutica Hult. I S. bracteata D. Don Rhinanthus minorLiive CYPERACEAE S. punctata L. LENTIBULARIACEAE Carex anthoxanthea&SI. *Chrysosplenium wrightiiFr. & Sav.3 Pinguicula vulgaris C. circinnata C. A. Mey. L. *C. enanden Hult.2 ROSACEAE PLANTAGINACEAE *C. glareosa Wahlenb.' Rubus arcticus L. Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schlecht. C. lyngbyaei Hornem. R. chamaemorus L. Potentilla egedii Wormsk. RUBIACEAE C. macrochaeta C. A. Mey. Galium trifidum L. C. pluriflora Hult. P. hyparctica Make. P. villosa Pall. CAPRIFOLIACEAE JUNCACEAE Sibbaldia procumbensL. Linnaea borealis L. Junncs arcticus Willd. Geum Menzies cathifolium CAMPANULACEAE Luucla multiflora (Rea.) Lej. macrophyllum Willd. G. Campanula himarpa Cham. L. parviflora (Ehrh.) Desv. *G.rossii (R. Br.) Ser' L. tundricola Gorodk. COMPOSITAE GERANIACEAE Erigeron peregrinus (Pursh) Greene LILIACEAE Geranium erianthurn D.C. Fritillaria catnschatcensis(L.) Ker-Gawl. Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook. f. Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) D.C. VIOLACEAE Achillea borealis Bong. Viola hgsdofi Fisch. *Artemisia unahkensis Rydb.1 ORCHIDACEAE ONAGRACEAE Arnica unalaskensis Less. Platanthem convallariaefolia (Fisch.) Lid. Chrysanthemum arcticumL. P. dikztata (Pursh) Limit. Epilobium behringianum Haussk E. glandulosum Lehm. *Cacalia auriculataD.C.' Listera cordata (L.) R. Br. Senecio pseudo-arnicaLess. SALICACEAE HALORAGACEAE Taraxucum trigonoloburn Dahlstedt. Salk arctka Pall, Hippuris monm Ledeb. Hieracium triste Willd. Salk sp. (either S. rotundifolia or S. ovalifoh) UMBELLIFEAE Petasites frigidus L. (Franch.) POLYGONACEAE Conioselinum chinense (L.) BSP Koenigia islandica L. Angelica lucida L. Rumex fenestratus Greene Heracleum htumMichx. Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill Ligusticum scoticum L. Polygonum viviparum (L.) S. F. Gray *Does not occur at Amchitka. 'Nearest populations in western Aleutians or Asia. 'Range discontinuous, occurring in eastern and western, but not central, Aleutians. 'Occurs at elevations not found on Amchitka. VEGETATION OF BULDIR ISLAND 39 TABLE 2. Composition of Lowland Tall-plant communities at Buldir Island, Alaska ElyM- Carex- Carex Artemisia- Elynuts- umbel- fescue lyngbyaei Umbel- Umbel- Species umbel fern meadow marshCalamagrostis Elymus fern OVERSTORY Elynucs arenarius 37.6' 16.6 4.0 8.0 1.7 (3.412 (3.6) (1.3) (2.3) ( 3) 90.23 71.6 35.0 53.3 20.6 Heracleum lonatum 20.9 20.6 29.3 29.5 (3.1) (4.0) (7.8) (12.7) 69.9 73.7 93.3 80.0 Angelica lucida 16.5 12.9 7.7 2.3 5 .o 27.0 (2.3) (2.3) (2.5) (2.4)(15.0) (2.1) 67.1 61.1 38.3 20.0 44.1 40.0 Athyrium felix-femina 18.1 23.5 (4.6) (16.1) 51.6 50.0 Fern spp.' 16.3 2.7 (4.9) (1.3) 31.6 15.0 Carex lyngbyaei 72.3 (7.3) 87.5 Arctophilo fulva 5.6 (4.8) 8.3 Artemisia unalaskensis 54.0 (9.5) 93.3 Calamagrosris nutkatensis 52.4 (3.7) 97. I Carex macmhaeta 9.1 (4.1) 47.1 Luucla parvifrora Geum macrophyllum Senecio pseudo-arnica MIDDLE STORY Claytonia sibirica 22.3 40.
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