Panarctic Flora

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610101a Alnus viridis subsp. crispa (Dryl. ex Aiton) Turrill

Distribution

Central Canada: Rare
Hudson Bay - Labrador: Scattered
Western Greenland: Scattered
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

GBIF

2n= 28 (2x). - Canada (E), U.S.A. (NE). - Several reports.

Geography: North American (NE): CAN GRL.

Notes: The majority of authors (e.g., Hultén 1968a; Cody 1996) applied, at least until the 1990s, the name "crispa" for the predominant race in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Furlow (1997) restricted subsp. crispa to northeastern North America and Greenland and assigned the northwestern North American plants to the otherwise Eurasian subsp. fruticosa. We follow that solution.

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