Cassiope mertensiana subsp. californica Piper

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Alaska

• Locality

  To the S side of Fish Hook Willow Road (Hatcher Pass Road), about 28.9 mi E. of the intersection with Rt. 3 north of Willow. Matanuska-Susitna Borough

• Elevation

  Alt. 1113 m. (3652 ft.)

• Coordinates

  61.7687, -149.323

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF ALASKA
Cassiope stelleriana (Pallas) DC.
ERICACEAE
Creeping shrubs, abundant, flowers white. Growing in
alpine tundra in loamy organic soil (Cryods and
Cryaquepts, cool, 0-35% slopes), with Anemone
parviflora, A. richardsonii, Diphasiastrum alpinum,
Empetrum nigrum, Huperzia haleakalae, Listera
cordata, Luetkea pectinata, Luzula piperi, Lycopodium
annotinum var. annotinum, Ranunculus nivalis, Salix
polaris, S. reticulata, Sanguisorba sp., Saxifraga
nivalis, Sedum roseum subsp. integrifolium, Valeriana
sitchensis, various Carex spp. & grasses (too early for
flowering) & Veratrum eschscholtzii. To the S side of
Fish Hook Willow Road (Hatcher Pass Road), about
28.0mi E. of the intersection with Rt. 3 north of
Willow. Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Elev. about
3650ft. 61° 46' 07.2”N, 149° 19' 21.5”W. UTM 6
377445E, 6850598N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3460
4 July 2005
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