Figure 5. Sites where ABR, Inc., conducted an ecological land survey in 1996 and
1998 on Fort Greely (Jorgenson et al. 2001). Shaded areas are impact ranges.
some of the material collected by ABR, were reviewed
The portion of Fort Greely east of the Delta River is
by M. Raynolds in September 1997. Specimens col-
bisected by the Richardson Highway, and has numer-
lected during 1998, and additional ABR material, were
ous roads and dirt tracks that allowed for access by four-
reviewed by M. Duffy in 1998 and 1999 using Hulten
wheel drive and all-terrain vehicles, even to remote
(1968), Cody (1996), and other references, as well as
areas, where inventories could be carried out on foot.
collections archived at ALA and the Gray Herbaria at
The greater portion of the base, west of the Delta River,
Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Rare
was accessed using helicopter support. A remote camp
and difficult taxa were verified by C. Parker at ALA in
was set up on Molybdenum Ridge for several days of
March 1999. Other monographs and flora publications
collecting in early August 1998. Numerous brief sur-
consulted include Hitchcock et al. (19551969), Porsild
veys were conducted during trips shared with biolo-
(1974), Welsh (1974), Brayshaw (1985), Aiken and
gists working on other projects in late August 1998.
Inventory sites where collections were made were
Darlyshire (1990), Williams and Lipkin (1991), U.S. Soil
Conservation Service (1994), and Aiken et al. (1996).
assigned a number and plotted as a point onto the two
Defense Mapping Agency 1:50,000-scale topographic
Botanical nomenclature
maps. In addition a hand-held GPS unit was used to
As with the inventories of Forts Richardson and
record coordinates and navigate to sites. The plotted
Wainwright, nomenclature for this report follows The
locations or GPS coordinates were digitized and im-
University of Alaska Museum Plants database
ported into Arcview GIS to produce maps showing in-
(ALABASE), which is based on the most recent taxo-
ventory sites (Fig. 5 and 6, Table 1).
nomic revisions of the Alaska flora (Murray et al. 1994)
Identification and verification of specimens
and the Flora of North America project (FNAEC 1993).
Collections were tentatively identified in the field
Some plant names, therefore, differ from those used in
Hulten (1968) and his supplement (Hulten 1973). In
using Hulten (1968). Specimens collected in 1997, and
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