White Spruce Seedling (Picea glauca) Discovered North of the Brooks Range Along Alaska's Dalton Highway

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Elsner, Wendy K., Jorgenson, Janet C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: boreal forest; Brooks Range; forest-tundra; tree line; white spruce; forêt boréale; chaîne de Brooks; toundra forestière; limite forestière; épinette blanche; Blanche; Gravier; Arctic; Prudhoe Bay; toundra; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63219

A white spruce seedling, Picea glauca (Moench) Voss, was found at the northern edge of the Brooks Range in Alaska, more than 50 km north of the latitudinal tree line. The seedling, 19 cm tall and about nine years old, was growing at the side of the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay. It most likely sprou...