Vascular plant biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada): an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Saarela, Jeffery M., Sokoloff, Paul C., Bull, Roger D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Arctic; Canada; Kugluktuk; Nunavut; Coppermine River; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5300018/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28194307; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2835

The Coppermine River in western Nunavut is one of Canada’s great Arctic rivers, yet its vascular plant flora is poorly known. Here, we report the results of a floristic inventory of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity, including Kugluk (Bloody Falls) Territorial Park and the hamlet of Kug...