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520108a Epilobium ciliatum subsp. ciliatum

Distribution

Northern Iceland: Persistent (Adventive)
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Rare
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Scattered

GBIF

2n= (1) 18 (2x?). - Europe (Czechoslovakia). - Holub et al. (1970, for "adenocaulon").
(2) 36 (4x?). - Europe, Siberia (S), Canada, U.S.A. - Numerous reports.

Geography: Amphi-Pacific - North American: ICE* ALA CAN.

Notes: In North America, subsp. ciliatum reaches the Arctic in Alaska and on Hudson Bay. We have recorded it as native there but it may be adventive. In Europe, it occurs in the Arctic as an established adventive in Iceland (Kristinsson 2008) and will probably soon be so in Norway.

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