Carex borealipolaris S.R.Zhang

  • Filed As

    Cyperaceae
    Carex borealipolaris S.R.Zhang

  • Collector(s)

    J. M. Saarela 3368 with P.C. Sokoloff, R.D. Bull, 07 Apr 2014

  • Location

    Canada. Nunavut. Kitikmeot Region. E side of Fockler Creek, just above its confluence with Coppermine River, ca. 1.1 km SW of Sandstone Rapids.

  • Habitat

    Disturbed, sparsely vegetated open clay slopes. Salix spp., Elymus alaskanus, Puccinellia nuttalliana, Juncus castaneus subsp. leuchochlamys, Juncus arcticus, Equisetum arvense. Uncommon.

  • Specimen Notes

    (CAN, NY, QFA, WIN)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3697269

    Occurrence ID: 06dc2117-5429-41c5-84de-7489f0b13b81

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Canada

  • State/Province

    Nunavut

  • County/Municipio

    Kitikmeot Region

  • Locality

    E side of Fockler Creek, just above its confluence with Coppermine River, ca. 1.1 km SW of Sandstone Rapids

  • Elevation

    Alt. 135 m. (443 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    67.4418, -115.651

  • 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
Kobresia sibirica (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Boeckeler
Det.: J.M. Saarela, 2015	Cyperaceae
Kitikmeot Region: E side of Fockler Creek, just above its confluence
with Coppermine River, ca. 1.1 km SW of Sandstone Rapids.
67°26'30.6',N, 67°39'4.3"W. Accuracy: ±50m. Datum: WGS84. Elev.:
135m.
Disturbed, sparsely vegetated open clay slopes. Uncommon.
Associates: Salix spp., Elymus alaskanus, Puccinellia nuttalliana,
Juncus castaneus subsp. leuchochlamys, Juncus arcticus,
Equisetum arvense
J.M. Saarela, P.C. Sokoloff, R.D. Bull 3368
Silica gel collection.	July 4s 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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