3309079 Carex sitchensis J.D. Prescott
Distribution
Western Alaska: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered
- J.D. Prescott, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 169 (1833). Type: Alaska: Sitka, leg. Mertens.
- Carex dives Holm, Amer. J. Sci., ser. 4, 17: 312 (1904). Lectotype (US): U.S.A.: Oregon, leg. L.F. Henderson. - Carex aquatilis var. dives (Holm) Kük. in Engl., Pflanzenreich IV-20, 38: 311 (1909).
Geography: American Pacific: ALA.
Notes: Tande and Lipkin (2003) mapped localities of Carex sitchensis in the Arctic in southwestern Alaska from the Yukon River Delta southwards. Standley et al. (2002) considered it a variety of C. aquatilis. It is better treated as a Pacific species, i.e., as C. sitchensis, see the results of Dragon and Barrington (2009).
Higher Taxa
- Carex [3309,genus]