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This category includes the Flora of Alaska, in Subarctic America. It includes flora taxa that are native to Alaska. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Alaska" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.
The wildlife of Alaska is both diverse and abundant. The Alaskan Peninsula provides an important habitat for fish, mammals, reptiles, and birds. At the top of the food chain are the bears. Alaska contains about 70% of the total North American brown bear population and the majority of the grizzly bears, as well as black bears and Kodiak bears.
The plant life here is varied for Alaska, composted of a mixture of conifers and other trees, shrubs, and herbs. The dominant trees in this region are black spruce (Picea mariana), white spruce (Picea glauca), lutz spruce (Picea x lutzii), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera), black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) and paper birch (Betula papyrifera).
Flora of Mexico; Flora of Greenland; The WGSRPD defines Northern America differently from the usual geographical definition of North America. Central America and the Caribbean are treated as part of the botanical continent of Southern America; see Flora of Central America and Flora of the Caribbean. The flora of Hawaii is included in Flora of ...
List of native plants of Flora Palaestina (A–B) List of native plants of Flora Palaestina (C–D) List of native plants of Flora Palaestina (E–O) List of native plants of Flora Palaestina (P–Z) List of palms native to the Caribbean; List of pest-repelling plants; List of Pinus species; List of pines by region; List of plants in The ...
This category contains articles related to the flora of Subarctic America. It includes flora taxa that are native to Subarctic America. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic.
Boykinia richardsonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, endemic to Alaska and the adjacent Canadian territory of Yukon.It is commonly known as Richardson's brookfoam, but has also been called Alaska boykin, bearflower, [2] Richardson's boykin and Richardson's saxifrage. [3] "
The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). ). Prior to this, the two terms (vegetation and flora) were used indiscriminately, [4] [5] and still are in some co