Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881: Botanical Notes: Notes and Memoranda: Medical and Anthropological; Botanical; Ornithological.Muir, John
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Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881: Botanical Notes: Notes and Memoranda: Medical and Anthropological; Botanical; Ornithological.
Muir, John
Plants -- Alaska
Ledum palustre, L.
Nardosmia frigida, Hook.
Saussurea alpina, Dl.
Senecio frigidus, Less.
palustris, Hook.
Arnica angustifolia, Vahl.
Artemisia arctica, Bess.
Matricaria inodora, L.
Rubus chamoe morus, L.
arcticus, L.
Potentilla nivea, L.
Dryas octopetala, L.
Draba alpina, L.
incana, L.
Entrema arenicola, Hook?
Pedicularis sudetica, Willd.
euphrasioides, Steph.
Langsdorffii, Fisch, var. lanata, Gray.
Diapensia Lapponica, L.
Polemoium coeruleum, L.
Primula borealis, Daly.
Oxytropis podocarpa, Gray.
Astragalus alpinus, L.
frigidus, Gray, var. littoralis.
Lathyrus maritimus, Bigelow.
Arenaria lateriflora, L.
Stellaria longipes, Goldie.
Silene acaulis, L.
Saxifraga nivalis, L.
hieracifolia, W. and K.
Anemone narcissiflora, L.
parviflora, Michx.
Caltha palustris, L., var. asarifolia, Rothr.
Valeriana capitata, Willd.
Lloydia serotina, Reichmb.
Tofieldia coccinea, Richards.
Armeria vulgaris, Willd.
Corydalis pauciflora.
Pinguicula Villosa, L.
Mertensia paniculata, Desv.
Polygonum alpinum, All.
Epilobium latifolium, L.
Betula nana, L.
Alnus viridis, Dl.
Eriophorum capitatum.
Carex vulgaris, Willd, var. alpina.
Aspidium fragrans, Swartz.
Woodsia Iloensis, Bv.
_GOLOVIN BAY._
The tundra flora on the west side of Golovin Bay is remarkably close
and luxuriant, covering almost every foot of the ground, the hills as
well as the valleys, while the sandy beach and a bank of coarsely
stratified moraine material a few yards back from the beach were
blooming like a garden with _Lathyrus maritimus_, _Iris sibirica_,
_Polemonium coeruleum_, &c., diversified with clumps and patches of
_Elymus arenarius_, _Alnus viridis_, and _Abies alba_.
This is one of the few points on the east side of Bering Sea where
trees closely approach the shore. The white spruce occurs here in small
groves or thickets of well developed erect trees 15 or 20 feet high,
near the level of the sea, at a distance of about 6 or 8 miles from the
mouth of the bay, and gradually become irregular and dwarfed as they
approach the shore. Here a number of dead and dying specimens were
observed, indicating that conditions of soil, climate, and relations to
other plants were becoming more unfavorable, and causing the tree-line
to recede from the coast.
The following collection was made here July 10:
Pinguicula villosa, L.
Vaccinium vitis Idæa, L.
Spiræa betulæfolia, Pallas.
Rubus arcticus, L.
Epilobium latifolium, L.
Polemonium coevuleum, L.
Trientalis europæa, L. var. arctica, Ledeb.
Entrema arenicola, Hook.
Iris sibirica, L.
Lloydia serotina, Reichemb.
Chrysanthemum arcticum, L.
Artemisia Tilesii, Ledeb.
Arenaria peploides, L.
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