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Hultén, Eric (1927–1930) Flora of Kamtchatka and the adjacent islands, vol. 1-4. Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar 5(1) and 8(2). Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell. Hultén, Eric (1937) Flora of the Aleutian islands and westernmost Alaska peninsula with notes on the flora of Commander islands.
Erigeron hultenii is a rare North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known as Hulten's fleabane. [1] It has been found in the state of Alaska in the United States, from Campbell Creek Valley about 11 miles (17.6 km) north of Anchorage. [2] [3] Erigeron hultenii is a small perennial rarely more than 7 centimeters (2.8 ...
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. That is, the geographic region known as Alaska is defined by its political boundaries except for the Aleutian Islands (see Category:Flora of the Aleutian Islands ...
The area is one of the "most productive" [5] in the United States for petroleum extraction including a 9 million hectare area reserved for this activity. [6] As Arctic seas warm and ice recedes, it is believed that these areas contained within the Arctic coastal tundra may reveal some of the largest petroleum reserves in the world.
This is a hilly area that lies between the boggier Arctic coastal tundra to the north and the Brooks Range to the south, and stretching from the Chukchi Sea east across northern Alaska to the border with Canada's Yukon Territory. The Noatak River valley is the only forested area. [2]
Interior Alaska is between the Alaska Range to the south and the Brooks Range to the north. The mountains of this interior region include the Kuskokwim Mountains in the western interior, the Ray Mountains north of Tanana, Alaska and Phillip Smith Mountains (southern spur of the Brooks Range), and the White Mountains (Alaska) that run in an arc north and east of Fairbanks.
Artemisia aleutica, the Aleutian wormwood, is a rare species of flowering plant endemic to Alaska. [3] According to NatureServe, the species is Critically Imperiled and is known in only two locations in the Rat Island group.
It is native to Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, and the three Arctic territories of Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon), the United States (Alaska and Washington), eastern Russia (Siberia and Russian Far East), Kazakhstan, and Japan. [7] [8] The species is found in tundra and on talus slopes. [6]