640806b Dryas integrifolia subsp. sylvatica (Hultén) Hultén
Distribution
Western Alaska: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Scattered
Central Canada: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Scattered
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Hultén, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 53: 536 (1959). - Dryas integrifolia var. sylvatica Hultén, Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 527 (1936). Holotype (S): Alaska: Circle, open woods, 19. July 1935, leg. J.P. Anderson 2516. - Dryas sylvatica (Hultén) A.E. Porsild, Canad. Field-Naturalist 61: 191 (1947).
2n=
18 (2x). - Alaska. - Dawe and Murray (1979).
Geography: American Beringian: ALA CAN.
Notes: Elven and Murray: Yurtsev (PAF proposal) did not accept this northwestern North American race. It differs from subsp. integrifolia in several characters, occurs in different (drier and often more base-rich) sites but sometimes locally co-occurs, and occupies a range of its own, mainly in non-glaciated and now forested parts of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Intermediates towards subsp. integrifolia are frequent but not to a degree that obscures the distinctness of the subspecies.
Higher Taxa
- Dryas integrifolia [640806,species]