Report on the Distribution of Dwarf Birches and Present Pollen Rain, Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Andrews, J.T., Mode, W.N., Webber, P.J., Miller, G.H., Jacobs, J.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Palynology; Plant distribution; Shrubs; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; Cumberland Peninsula; Frobisher Bay; Baffin; Dwarf birch
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65599

A distribution map for the dwarf birches is presented for the region from Frobisher Bay northward to Cumberland Peninsula. These shrubs are restricted to favourable habitats which, at the northern limit of the species (67 deg. 40 sec. N), are found on south-facing slopes above the immediate local co...