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330603 Trichophorum cespitosum subsp. cespitosum (L.) Schur

Distribution

Northern Iceland: Frequent
Northern Fennoscandia: Frequent
Kanin - Pechora: Rare
Polar Ural - Novaya Zemlya: Rare
Yamal - Gydan: Scattered
Taimyr - Severnaya Zemlya: Present only in the Borderline Arctic
West Chukotka: Scattered
South Chukotka: Scattered
East Chukotka: Rare
Western Alaska: Scattered
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Frequent
Central Canada: Scattered
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Scattered
Western Greenland: Frequent
Eastern Greenland: Scattered
Southern Arcti Tundra: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Frequent
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

2n= 104. - Europe, Siberia, Far East, Canada, Greenland. - Numerous reports.

Geography: Circumboreal-polar: ICE NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL.

Notes: There is an Atlantic European race, subsp. germanicum (Palla) Hegi, that does not approach the Arctic.

Hartman's earlier combination Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 5: 259 (1849), is without reference to basionym. Crins (2002a) accordingly applied the combination Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Schur.

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