Prunus virginiana L.

CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
VEGETATION SURVEY ALONG
THE ENTERPRISE-MACKENZIE
RIVER HIGHWAY, N. W. T.,
CANADA
June 29
1959
John W. Thieret
Robert J. Reich
4886* Prurnia virgin!ana L*
¿Tar, aelanocarpa (A# Hela*} Sarg*?)
flowers fragrant» petals white* shrub to 5 feet*
locally coEBson in shallow residual soil In limestone
outcrop area* imich bare rock, few, scattered» mall
trees: jack pine and trenfeling aspen, shrubs: Am!•
anchier, Sosa, Juníperos spp»» Arctostaphylos uYa-urei,
herbs: Cerastlum arrense, Elyiirus innovatus, Zygadenus,
Ckgg^t^florua, Anemone multifida, Hieroehloe odorata.
specimens prepared by the formaldehyde method ( see Rhodora 49: 54-60. 1947)
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