| BEN |
| BOTANICAL ELECTRONIC NEWS |
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| ISSN 1188-603X |
No. 116 October 19, 1995
Abstract: Puffballs representing three species in two genera
(Abstoma reticulatum, Bovista dakotensis and B. tomentosa) are
reported from an archaeological site in the traditional territory of the Lillooet, one of the Indigenous Peoples of British
Columbia. These fungi are presumed to represent human-collected
materials that arrived in British Columbia by way of aboriginal
trade from the South or East. Their cultural roles likely were
mythological, medicinal, talismanic or shamanistic.
Abstract: The vascular flora of two small maritime islands, Chisik and Duck Island (2,302 ha), comprising Tuxedni Wilderness Area in western lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, was recorded to determine species composition where few previous collections had been reported. The field study was conducted in sites selected to represent the totality of environmental variation within Tuxedni Wilderness Area. A total of 290 species -- 279 native and 11 introduced -- was identified. To provide a comparative phytogeographic framework, we analyzed data from published reports that categorized vascular plant distribution patterns from circumpolar, North American, and Alaskan perspectives. The flora of Tuxedni Wilderness primarily includes species of circumpolar (36.6%), eastern Asian (22.9%) and North American (20.4%) distributions. The most important longitudinal distributional classes within North America consist of transcontinental (59.9%) and extreme western species (32.2%). The distribution of Tuxedni species in latitudinal zones peaks in the high subarctic and low subarctic and gradually decreases from the low to high arctic. The annotated list of species in the Tuxedni Wilderness Area expands the known range for many species, filling a distributional gap within Hulten's Central Pacific Coast district. Forty-four range extensions are reported. Latitudinal zone comparison based on the Raunkiaer life-form spectrum suggests the flora of the Tuxedni Wilderness Area is closest to the high subarctic zone. Key words: Coastal, life form, middle boreal zone, phytogeographic, upper oroboreal zone, vascular flora.
The publication is available free of charge and may be obtained
by writing: Stephen Talbot, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011
East Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503
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