The bryo-geography of southeastern Alaska ...

• Main Author: Worley, Ian Almer
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2011
• Subjects: Archipelago; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0101431; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0101431

This investigation presents a bryo-geographical study of the Alexander Archipelago and the adjacent mainland of southeastern Alaska. A flora containing the 572 taxa of hryophytes now known from southeastern Alaska (67.5 percent of the known Alaskan bryoflora) has been compiled from published records and 10,901 collections made by the author. These specimens were obtained from 130 sites during an accumulated field time of 40 weeks from 1966 through 1969. There are included 38 taxa new to the state and 94 which are new to southeastern Alaska. The local distribution of each taxon has been cited fully either within the text or as a distribution map. Habitat, biological, taxonomic, and distributional information are given for each entry. The most significant components of the flora are treated within 27 geographical elements. There are probably no bryophytes endemic to southeastern Alaska. Of the total bryoflora, taxa with widespread distributions comprise ca. 74 percent, northern Pacific Basin taxa constitute ...