An Occurrence of the Hawkweed-Leaved Saxifrage, Saxifraga hieraciifolia, in Southern British Columbia, and its Palaeobotanical Implications

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Author: Harris, Stuart A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2003
• Subjects: Hawkweed-Leaved Saxifrage; Saxifraga hieraciifolia; distribution; glaciation; glacial refugia; disjunct; British Columbia; Arctic; Liard; Liard Plateau; Parkland; Hawkweed-leaved saxifrage; Tundra
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/802; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v117i2.802

The Hawkweed-Leaved Saxifrage (Saxifraga hieraciifolia), normally found in the alpine tundra in the Arctic, has been collected at 445 m in parkland near Chase, British Columbia. The closest previously recorded occurrence was on the tundra of the Liard Plateau, northern British Columbia. The new occu...