Hepaticae of southwestern Alberta

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Bird, C. D., Hong, Won Shic
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b69-251; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b69-251

Twenty-two families, 37 genera, and 82 species of Hepaticae are reported from a 13 400 km 2 area in the mountains and foothills of southwestern Alberta. The distribution and habitats occupied by each of the species are described. The following distributional elements are represented: Arctic–Boreal, 43%; Pan North American, 33%; Boreal, 20%; Eastern Boreal, 1%; Cordilleran, 1%; and Temperate, 1%. Only one of the species is endemic to North America.