Vaccinium uliginosum L.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Alaska

• Locality

  To the N side of the road to Clear, Anderson & the Clear Missile Early Warning Station, about 0.0.5 mi. W of the intersection with Rt. 3. UTM: 6 398486 E, 7130623 N (NAD83.WGS84).

• Elevation

  Alt. 174 m. (571 ft.)

• Coordinates

  64.2866, -149.097

• Distribution

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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF ALASKA
Vaccinium uliginosum L.
ERICACEAE
Shrubs to 15in tall, abundant, fruit ovoid & blue. Growing at
the edge of a forest in a powerline right-of-way in loamy soil
(Gerstle-Moosehead complex; coarse-loamy over sandy or
sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Aquic Haplocryepts) in a
vast, nearly flat plain, with Achillea millefolium, Agrostis
scabra, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Betula papyrifera,
Botrychium lunaria, Castilleja pallida, Comus canadensis,
Equisetum arvense, Erigeron (Trimorpha) acris, Galium
boreaie, Geocaulon lividum, Iris setosa, Ledum
groenlandicum, Linnaea borealis (rare), Lupinus
nootkatensis, Melilotus alba, Mertensia paniculata, Petasites
frigidus, Picea glauca, Plantago major, Populus
balsamifera, P. tremuloides, Rhinanthus minor, Rosa
acicularis, Salix commutata, Solidago multiradiata,
Taraxacum sp., Trifolium hybridum & Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
To the N. side of the road to Clear, Anderson & the Clear
Missile Early Warning Station, about 0.05mi W. of the
intersection with Rt. 3. Denali Borough. Elev. around 570ft,
64° 17 11.7"N, 149° 05' 50.0”W. UTM 6 398486E,
7130623N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3476
5 July 2005
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