Carex petricosa var. petricosa

  • Filed As

    Cyperaceae
    Carex petricosa var. petricosa

  • Collector(s)

    J. M. Saarela 3318 with P.C. Sokoloff, R.D. Bull, 07 Apr 2014

  • Location

    Canada. Nunavut. Kitikmeot Region. N side of Fockler Creek, ca. 1.9 km S of Sandstone Rapids, Coppermine River.

  • Habitat

    Sparsely vegetated frost boils in low shrub tundra. Dasiphora fruticosa, Betula glandulosa, Arnica angustifolia. Scattered.

  • Specimen Notes

    (CAN, K, NY, QFA, UBC)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3697363

    Occurrence ID: d36708a7-8d04-44ba-8114-e570885b40b7

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Canada

  • State/Province

    Nunavut

  • County/Municipio

    Kitikmeot Region

  • Locality

    N side of Fockler Creek, ca. 1.9 km S of Sandstone Rapids, Coppermine River

  • Elevation

    Alt. 162 m. (531 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    67.4327, -115.634

  • Georeferencing Method

    Corrected label coordinates. Correction sent by J.M. Saarela and P.C. Sokoloff, Canadian Museum of Nature, November 2019, with note: "The coordinates on the original label are incorrect; correct coordinates are: [as written]"

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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Plants of Nunavut, Canada
Carex petricosa Dewey var. petricosa
Det.: J.M. Saarela, 2014	Cyperaceae
Kitikmeot Region: N side of Fockler Creek, ca. 1.9 km S of Sandstone
Rapids Coppermine River. 67°25'57.89"N, 67°38’3.9"W. Accuracy:
±10m. Datum: WGS84. Elev.: 162m.
Sparsely vegetated frost boils in low shrub tundra. Scattered.
Associates: Dasiphora fruticosa, Betula glandulosa, Arnica
angustifolia
j.M. Saarela, P.C. Sokoloff, R.D. Bull 3318
Silica gel collection.	4, 2014
Fieldwork supported by the Polar Continental Shelf Project and the CMN
National Herbarium of Canada (CAN), Canadian Museum of Nature
Specimen cited in: Saarela JM, Sokoloff PC, Bull RD. 2017. Vascular plant
biodiversity of the lower Coppermine River valley and vicinity (Nunavut, Canada):
an annotated checklist of an Arctic flora. PeerJ 5:e2835 DOI 10.7717/peeij.2835
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