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Willows of Interior Alaska
1 Willows of Interior Alaska Dominique M. Collet US Fish and Wildlife Service 2004 2 Willows of Interior Alaska Acknowledgements The development of this willow guide has been made possible thanks to funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge - order 70181-12-M692. Funding for printing was made available through a collaborative partnership of Natural Resources, U.S. Army Alaska, Department of Defense; Pacific North- west Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; National Park Service, and Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The data for the distribution maps were provided by George Argus, Al Batten, Garry Davies, Rob deVelice, and Carolyn Parker. Carol Griswold, George Argus, Les Viereck and Delia Person provided much improvement to the manuscript by their careful editing and suggestions. I want to thank Delia Person, of the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, for initiating and following through with the development and printing of this guide. Most of all, I am especially grateful to Pamela Houston whose support made the writing of this guide possible. Any errors or omissions are solely the responsibility of the author. Disclaimer This publication is designed to provide accurate information on willows from interior Alaska. If expert knowledge is required, services of an experienced botanist should be sought. Contents -
"National List of Vascular Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands: 1996 National Summary."
Intro 1996 National List of Vascular Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands The Fish and Wildlife Service has prepared a National List of Vascular Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands: 1996 National Summary (1996 National List). The 1996 National List is a draft revision of the National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands: 1988 National Summary (Reed 1988) (1988 National List). The 1996 National List is provided to encourage additional public review and comments on the draft regional wetland indicator assignments. The 1996 National List reflects a significant amount of new information that has become available since 1988 on the wetland affinity of vascular plants. This new information has resulted from the extensive use of the 1988 National List in the field by individuals involved in wetland and other resource inventories, wetland identification and delineation, and wetland research. Interim Regional Interagency Review Panel (Regional Panel) changes in indicator status as well as additions and deletions to the 1988 National List were documented in Regional supplements. The National List was originally developed as an appendix to the Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (Cowardin et al.1979) to aid in the consistent application of this classification system for wetlands in the field.. The 1996 National List also was developed to aid in determining the presence of hydrophytic vegetation in the Clean Water Act Section 404 wetland regulatory program and in the implementation of the swampbuster provisions of the Food Security Act. While not required by law or regulation, the Fish and Wildlife Service is making the 1996 National List available for review and comment. -
Towards Rainy Arctic Winters: Experimental Icing
Supplementary material to: Towards rainy Arctic winters: experimental icing impacts tundra plant productivity and reproduction Mathilde Le Moullec, Anna-Lena Hendel, Matteo Petit Bon, Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir, Øystein Varpe, René van der Wal, Larissa Teresa Beumer, Kate Layton-Matthews, Ketil Isaksen and Brage Bremset Hansen. Table of content: Table S1. Soil volumetric water content. Table S2. Sampling dates and number of repeated measurements. Table S3. Correlation coefficients between maximum NDVI and relative abundance. Table S4. Summary statistic of Salix polaris phenophases. Figure S1. Mesic habitat species composition. Figure S2. Estimated NDVI curves across treatments and years. Figure S3. Annual relative abundance. Figure S4. Ordination of the mesic community species composition. Figure S5. Leaf size traits of Salis polaris across years and treatments. Figure S6. Flower counts per year, treatment and species/group. Figure S7. Annual probability curves of Salix polaris phenophases. Table S1. Soil volumetric water content (i.e., soil moisture in %) measured with a ML3 ThetaProbe Sensor (HH2 Soil Moisture Meter from Delta-T Devices Ltd, UK, 1% accuracy, 5-10 cm depth) via repeated measurements at five points per plot, 3-15 times per summer (rounds). a) Soil moisture estimates and 95% CI per treatment and year, b) Pearson correlation coefficients between soil moisture and sub-surface (5 cm depth) temperature for years with repeated measurements across the growing season (2018-2019, df = 18). To compute these correlation coefficients we first fitted separate models for moisture and temperature , with treatment × day-of-year (factor) included as fixed effect, and repeated point measurements nested within plots nested within blocks included as random intercept structure. -
Plateau Mountain Plant List
Plateau ALBERTA WILDERNESS Mountain – Plant list ASSOCIATION Plants of Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve (Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve Management Plan – Alberta Environment) Alpine Anemone Anemone drummondii Drummond's Rock Cress Alpine Arnica Arnica angustifolia Drummond's Rush Alpine Bistort Polygonum viviparum Dwarf Birch Betula glandulosa Alpine Blue Grass Poa alpina Dwarf Bitter root Alpine Everlasting Antennaria sp. Dwarf Hawk's Beard Alpine Fleabane Erigeron pallens Dwarf Sawwort Saussurea nuda Alpine Forget-me not Myosotis alpestris Dwarf saw-wort Saussurea nuda Alpine Goldenrod Solidago multiradianta Dwarf Scouring-rush Equisetum scirpoides Alpine Hawkweed Early Blue Grass Alpine Milk-vetch Astragalus alpinus Early Blue Violet Viola adunca Alpine mouse-eared chickweed Cerastium beeringianum Early Cinquefoil Potertilla concinna Alpine Speedwell Veronica alpina Elephant's head Pedicularis groenlandica Alpine speedwell Veronica alpina Elephant's-head Lousewort Pedicualaris groenlandica Alpine Timothy Elgelmann Spruce Picea engelmanii American Vetch Entire-leaved Groundsel Androsace Androsace chamaejasme Everlasting Antennaria luzuloides Arctic Aster False Dandelion Agoseris aurantiaca Arctic Blue Glass Felwort Gentianela amarella Arctic Butterweed Few-flowered Milk-vetch Astragalus sp. Balsam Groundsel Few-seeded Whitlow-grass Draba oligosperma Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera Field Chickweed Stellaria sp. Barratt's Willow Fireweed Locoweed Oxytropis sp. Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Flame-colored Lousewort Pedicularis -
Survey of Dryas Octopetala- Dominated Plant Communities in The
Botanica Pacifica. A journal of plant science and conservation. 2015. 4(1) DOI: 10.17581/bp.2015.04102 Survey of Dryas octopetala - dominated plant communities in the European and North-West-Siberian Arctic Natalia E. Koroleva Natalia E. Koroleva ABSTRACT email: [email protected] 18 associations of Dryas octopetala-dominated communities, which belong to 3 classes and 4 alliances, were observed in the European Arctic and in north- Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute, western Siberia. Syntaxonomical differentiation is linked with the ecogeographical Kirovsk, Russia and floristical division of the Arctic: alliance Kobresio-Dryadion of Carici rupestris– Kobresietea bellardii has its main distribution in European arctic and typical tundra and in the oroarctic belt of mountains, whilst the area of alliance Dryado Manuscript received: 25.08.2014 octopetalae–Caricion arctisibiricae lies in the southern and typical tundra and oroarctic Review completed: 03.02.2015 Accepted for publication: 12.02.2015 belt on the north of Pechora Plain, in theYugorskii Peninsula, Pay-Khoy Mts. and Published online: 20.04.2015 Polar Ural. Dryas octopetala-dominated communities lacking characteristic species of Carici rupestris–Kobresietea bellardii have been related to the alliance Cassiopo- Salicion herbaceae (Salicetea herbaceae) and alliance Loiseleurio-Diapension (Loseleurio- Vaccinietea). In the latter a suballiance Salicenion nummulariae has been proposed comprising xero-, achyonophytic communities on sandy and gravelly substrata in the southern and typical tundra of the north-east of European Russia. A synoptical table is provided. Keywords: Braun-Blanquet, Dryas octopetala-dominated communities, European Arctic, north-western Siberia, Carici rupestris–Kobresietea bellardii, Loseleurio–Vaccinietea, Salicetea herbaceae РЕЗЮМЕ Cообщества с доминированием Dryas octopetala в европейском секторе Арк ти ки и Субарктики и на севере Западной Сибири принадлежат к 18 ассоци а циям в 3 классах и 4 союзах. -
Draft Plant Propagation Protocol
Plant Propagation Protocol for Oxyria digyna ESRM 412 – Native Plant Production Protocol URL: https://courses.washington.edu/esrm412/protocols/OXDI3.pdf Images from google.com TAXONOMY Plant Family Scientific Name Polygonaceae Common Name Buckwheat Species Scientific Name Scientific Name Oxyria digyna Varieties Sub-species Cultivar Common Rheum digynum Synonym(s) Common Name(s) Wood Sorrel, Alpine Sorrel, Alpine Mountainsorrel, Mountain-sorrel, Oxyrie de Montagne Species Code (as OXDI3 per USDA Plants database) GENERAL INFORMATION Geographical range See above map12 Ecological Grows in a wide range of areas, particularly in rocky areas and scree distribution slopes, in alpine and subalpine areas.5,6,10 Does well in disturbed sites11 with soils not too acidic, and moist but well drained. Can grow successfully in open areas with little to no shade, and often grows beneath bird nests due to the high nitrogen content of the soil.4 Climate and elevation range Local habitat and Subalpine forest or wetland riparian species2 abundance Plant strategy type / Produces small, wind dispersed seeds, making it a weed-like pioneer successional stage species, especially in disturbed sites.3 Tolerant of sun stress, but not of interspecies competition, particularly that of Ranunculus glacialis. Is able to germinate after being buried beneath snow.8 Has an intermediate tolerance for shade, a low tolerance for drought and anoxic conditions, and is adapted to coarse to medium soils. Seedlings spread slowly and are moderately vigorous, and the plant does not usually propagate vegetatively.12 Plant characteristics Oxyria digyna is a perennial herb which grows to approx. 2ft tall and 1ft wide.4 It is hairless, having a branching crown and several stems11 with swollen nodes8, and it is reddish tinged11. -
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Appendix M Biological Assessment BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR PROJECT ICEBREAKER Lake Erie and City of Cleveland Cuyahoga County, Ohio TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................... ii TABLES ............................................................................................................................................ iv FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................... iv COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS and ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................... v 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT ................................................................ 1 1.2 PROPOSED ACTION .............................................................................................................. 2 1.2.1 Federal Action .................................................................................................................... 2 1.2.2 LEEDCo’s Action ............................................................................................................... 2 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR -
Plants Assemble Species Specific Bacterial Communities From
ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 24 January 2017 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00012 Plants Assemble Species Specific Bacterial Communities from Common Core Taxa in Three Arcto-Alpine Climate Zones Manoj Kumar 1, 2*, Günter Brader 3, Angela Sessitsch 3, Anita Mäki 2, Jan D. van Elsas 1 and Riitta Nissinen 2 1 Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 2 Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, 3 Health and Environment Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Tulln, Austria Edited by: Evidence for the pivotal role of plant-associated bacteria to plant health and productivity Stéphane Hacquard, has accumulated rapidly in the last years. However, key questions related to what drives Max Planck Institute for Plant plant bacteriomes remain unanswered, among which is the impact of climate zones Breeding Research (MPG), Germany on plant-associated microbiota. This is particularly true for wild plants in arcto-alpine Reviewed by: Devin Coleman-Derr, biomes. Here, we hypothesized that the bacterial communities associated with pioneer University of California, Berkeley, USA plants in these regions have major roles in plant health support, and this is reflected in the Matthew Agler, Max Planck Institute for Plant formation of climate and host plant specific endophytic communities. We thus compared Breeding Research (MPG), Germany the bacteriomes associated with the native perennial plants Oxyria digyna and Saxifraga *Correspondence: oppositifolia in three arcto-alpine regions (alpine, low Arctic and high Arctic) with those in Manoj Kumar the corresponding bulk soils. As expected, the bulk soil bacterial communities in the three makugopa@jyu.fi regions were significantly different. -
Vegetational Pattern of Trans-Himalayan Zone in the North
Vegetation Pattern of Trans-Himalayan Zone in the North-West Nepal Mani. R. Shrestha1, Maan .B. Rokaya2 and Suresh .K. Ghimire1 1 Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: ([email protected] and [email protected]) 2 Malpi International, Panauti, Kavre. ([email protected]) Abstract The study area covers the land from Jomsom in Mustang to Kagmara of Dolpo district in west Nepal. It is typically high altitudinal trans-Himalayan marginal land of Tibetan plateau, representing trans-Himalayan ecology. The area is almost a dry place consisting of rolling hills and is dominated by alpine scrubs and meadows with various kinds of distinct patches of vegetation. The vegetation types are xerophilous, steppe formation and alpine formation with woody shrubs in the river valleys, nival formation (herbaceous and graminoids mats) in the open land. Majority of the study area is bare and covered by hanging cliff and the vegetation differs from other regions of high Himalayan area of Nepal but to some extent it resembles with that of the western Himalayan and the Tibetan marginal land because the area is the rain shadow of high mountain ridges like Mt. Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and Kanjiroba. Specifically the vegetation pattern of study area includes six types such as Xerophile formation, Alpine zone, Alpine scrubs (Dry alpine scrubs, Moist alpine scrubs), Alpine meadows (Dry land meadows, Moist land meadows), Scree vegetation, Nival formation and Agriculture boarder land vegetation. Key Word: Arid zone, Tibetan plateau, meadows, alpine scrubs, scree flora the areas of Ganesh Himal towards west, Introduction Kaligandaki, Bheri and Mugu valley with altitude Nepal is the central Himalayan kingdom which is more than 3600m fall under the trans-Himalayan influenced by six Phytogeographical region namely zone (Donner, 1968; Jackson, 1994; Negi, 1994). -
The Importance of Willow Thickets for Ptarmigan and Hares in Shrub Tundra: the More the Better?
THE IMPORTANCE OF WILLOW THICKETS FOR PTARMIGAN AND HARES IN SHRUB TUNDRA: THE MORE THE BETTER? DOROTHÉE EHRICH1, JOHN-ANDRÉ HENDEN1, ROLF ANKER IMS1, LILYIA O. DORONINA2, SIW TURID KILLENGREN1, NICOLAS LECOMTE1, IVAN G. POKROVSKY1,3, GUNNHILD SKOGSTAD1, ALEXANDER A. SOKOLOV4, VASILY A. SOKOLOV5, AND NIGEL GILLES YOCCOZ1 1Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromso, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] 2Biological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia 3A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninskij prospekt, Moscow 119071, Russia 4Ecological Research Station of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, 21 Zelyonaya Gorka, Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenetski district 629400, Russia 5Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division Russian Academy of Sciences, 202, 8 Marta Street, Ekaterinburg 620144, Russia ABSTRACT.—In patchy habitats, the relationship between animal abundance and cover of a pre- ferred habitat may change with the availability of that habitat, resulting in a functional response in habitat use. Here, we investigate the relationship of two specialized herbivores, Willow Ptarmi- gan (Lagopus lagopus) and Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus), to willows (Salix spp.) in three regions of the shrub tundra zone—northern Norway, northern European Russia and western Siberia. Shrub tundra is a naturally patchy habitat where willow thickets represent a major struc- tural element and are important for herbivores both as food and shelter. Habitat use was quantified using feces counts in a hierarchical spatial design and related to several measures of willow thicket configuration. -
Alpine Flora
ALPINE FLORA -- PLACER GULCH Scientific and common names mostly conform to those given by John Kartesz at bonap.net/TDC FERNS & FERN ALLIES CYSTOPTERIDACEAE -- Bladder Fern Family Cystopteris fragilis Brittle Bladder Fern delicate feathery fronds hiding next to rocks and cliffs PTERIDACEAE -- Maidenhair Fern Family Cryptogramma acrostichoides American Rockbrake two different types of fronds; talus & rocky areas GYMNOSPERMS PINACEAE -- Pine Family Picea englemannii Englemann's Spruce ANGIOSPERMS -- MONOCOTS CYPERACEAE -- Sedge Family Carex haydeniana Hayden's Sedge very common alpine sedge; compact, dark, almost triangular inflorescence Eriophorum chamissonis Chamisso's Cotton-Grass Cottony head; no leaves on culm ALLIACEAE -- Onion Family Allium geyeri Geyer's Onion pinkish; onion smell LILIACEAE -- Lily Family Llyodia serotina Alp Lily white; small plant in alpine turf MELANTHIACEAE -- False Hellebore Family Anticlea elegans False Deathcamas greenish white; showy raceme above basal grass-like leaves Veratrum californicum Cornhusk Lily; CA False Hellebore greenish; huge lvs; huge plant; mostly subalpine ORCHIDACEAE -- Orchid Family Plantanthera aquilonis Green Bog Orchid greenish, in bracteate spike, spur about as long as or a bit shorter than lip POACEAE -- Grass Family Deschampsia caespitosa Tufted Hair Grass open inflorescence; thin, wiry leaves; 2 florets/spikelet; glumes longer than low floret Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradoensis Short-leaf Fescue dark; narrow inflorescence; thin, wiry leaves Phleum alpinum Mountain Timothy dark; -
Polygonaceae of Alberta
AN ILLUSTRATED KEY TO THE POLYGONACEAE OF ALBERTA Compiled and writen by Lorna Allen & Linda Kershaw April 2019 © Linda J. Kershaw & Lorna Allen This key was compiled using informaton primarily from Moss (1983), Douglas et. al. (1999) and the Flora North America Associaton (2005). Taxonomy follows VAS- CAN (Brouillet, 2015). The main references are listed at the end of the key. Please let us know if there are ways in which the kay can be improved. The 2015 S-ranks of rare species (S1; S1S2; S2; S2S3; SU, according to ACIMS, 2015) are noted in superscript (S1;S2;SU) afer the species names. For more details go to the ACIMS web site. Similarly, exotc species are followed by a superscript X, XX if noxious and XXX if prohibited noxious (X; XX; XXX) according to the Alberta Weed Control Act (2016). POLYGONACEAE Buckwheat Family 1a Key to Genera 01a Dwarf annual plants 1-4(10) cm tall; leaves paired or nearly so; tepals 3(4); stamens (1)3(5) .............Koenigia islandica S2 01b Plants not as above; tepals 4-5; stamens 3-8 ..................................02 02a Plants large, exotic, perennial herbs spreading by creeping rootstocks; fowering stems erect, hollow, 0.5-2(3) m tall; fowers with both ♂ and ♀ parts ............................03 02b Plants smaller, native or exotic, perennial or annual herbs, with or without creeping rootstocks; fowering stems usually <1 m tall; fowers either ♂ or ♀ (unisexual) or with both ♂ and ♀ parts .......................04 3a 03a Flowering stems forming dense colonies and with distinct joints (like bamboo