Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 13505 with Lucy Hein, Sally Gavin, Ramona Hammerly, Merritt Ireland, Holly Wenger, Fred Paillet, Soong Lee, Irma O’Brien, Sarah Fulton, Jan Putnam, Eliot Putnam, 10 Jun 2013

  • Location

    United States of America. Alaska. Northwest Arctic Borough. Baird Mountains on the SW edge of the Brooks Range, 98 air km NE of Kotzebue, drainage of the Squirrel River.

  • Habitat

    Scree slopes and flatlands of flarks and palsas, with scattered meadow and open woodland dominated by Salix and Alnus.

  • Description

    Shrub; flowers white. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02173005

    Occurrence ID: 5e424f4f-2c57-4622-b947-9096fc3d5a0c

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 02758405, D. E. Atha 13505, Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don - : Ericaceae (261.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Alaska

  • County/Municipio

    Northwest Arctic Borough

  • Locality

    Baird Mountains on the SW edge of the Brooks Range, 98 air km NE of Kotzebue, drainage of the Squirrel River

  • Elevation

    Alt. 230 m. (755 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    67.508, -161.135

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    100

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS. 67.508026N, 161.135323W (±100m), ca 230 m elev

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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