Specimen Label Details, UVU Herbarium

Ericaceae ¦ Arctostaphylos ¦ Arctostaphylos alpina ¦ 09657

Label

Accession No.	09657
Family	Ericaceae
Species	Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.
Common name	"alpine bearberry"
Collector Information	J.G. Harris (3567) 19 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography	Canada, Yukon Territory,
Lat./Long.	61° 55' 17" N, 132° 34 ' 30" W at 2722 feet (829 m)
Locality	along the Lapie River, ca 12 km due SW of Ross River.
Ecology	Black spruce community.

Taxonomy

Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

Arctostaphylos alpina (Linnaeus) Spreng.

Common Name(s):.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=23468, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Ericales
                                Family: Ericaceae
                                    Genus: Arctostaphylos
                                        Species: Arctostaphylos alpina

Images

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Nearby Accessions

Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.

09655 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi    "kinnikinnick" same section
09654 Artemisia alaskana    "Alaska wormwood" same section
09653 Artemisia campestris var. canadensis "boreal field sagewort" same section
09682 Astragalus williamsii    "Williams' milkvetch" same section
09656 Picea glauca    "white spruce" same section
09680 Salix candida    "sageleaf willow" same section

Accession	Name	Dist., dir.
09655	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi "kinnikinnick"	same section
09654	Artemisia alaskana "Alaska wormwood"	same section
09653	Artemisia campestris var. canadensis "boreal field sagewort"	same section
09682	Astragalus williamsii "Williams' milkvetch"	same section
09656	Picea glauca "white spruce"	same section
09680	Salix candida "sageleaf willow"	same section

Locale

Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Arctostaphylos alpina (L.) Spreng.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database

University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Arctostaphylos+alpina

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