High-Latitude Yukon Boreal-Cordilleran Grassland Plant Communities

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Strong, Wayne L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2015
• Subjects: Beringia; boreal; ecology; grassland; palaeovegetation; plant community; sociation; Béringie; boréal; écologie; herbage; paléovégétation; communauté de plantes; Canada; Carmacks; Pelly Crossing; Yukon; Arctic; Calamagrostis purpurascens; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67495

High-latitude (61.9˚ – 62.8˚ N) graminoid plant communities located near the northern limit of boreal forest occurrence in the Carmacks – Pelly Crossing area of Yukon were sampled and classified, and four sociations were recognized: Calamagrostis purpurascens (purple reedgrass), Hesperostipa comata...