Table 1 (cont'd).
Sparganium hyperboreum). These six species are in-
cluded in the species list in Appendices A and B. In
addition, 59 taxa were represented on the original Her-
Site /map
barium list but not collected on Fort Greely (App. C).
number
Site name
These were also not collected during this inventory, but
they may be present on the base.
103
bluff; ridge at northern tip of reservation
(G10.21)
104
lower Little Delta River; abandoned
DISCUSSION
floodplain (G10.22)
105
lateral moraine east of Duluth Lake
Distribution of inventory sites
(G16.01)
106
Bear Lake moraine (G18.O2)
Although it was not possible to collect in the large
107
approximately 2 km southeast Buffalo
central impact areas of Fort Greely, fairly good cover-
DZ (G23.01)
age of the major regions and habitats was obtained. Of
108
Richardson Highway northeast of
the inventoried sites, 36 were west of the Delta River,
Donnelly Dome (G41 road)
and 65 were on the eastern side (Fig. 6). All five of the
109
southern end Buffalo Hill (G43.17)
110
central-northern ridge line Molybdenum
major ecodistricts mapped by Jorgenson et al. (2000)
Ridge (G5.01)
for Fort Greely were visited (Fig. 3). Although collec-
111
southwest of 4-Square Lakes 1 (transect
tion sites were well distributed geographically, no col-
1) (P1.04A)
lections were made during June and some early flow-
112
southwest of 4-Square Lakes 2 (transect
ering species may have been missed.
1) (P1.07)
113
moraine at Gnat Lake (transect 2)
(P2.03)
Rare vascular plant species records
114
lake edge; moraine at Gnat Lake
None of the plants found during the survey are cur-
(transect 2) (P2.09)
rently listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as
115
beaver-dammed creek bottom west of
endangered or threatened, and none are currently on
Serpent Lake (transect 3) (P3.06)
116
moraine east of Big Lake (pond)
the list of critically rare plants (G1 and G2 status) de-
(transect 6) (P6.09)
veloped by the Alaska Rare Plant Working Group
117
pond edge moraine at Gnat Lake
(Lipkin and Murray 1997). However, 22 taxa are con-
(BJ2.2)
sidered somewhat rare and are being tracked by the
118
south side Molybdenum Ridge
Alaska Natural Heritage Program's Biological and Con-
servation Database (BCD) (Table 2). The endemic
Synthyris borealis Pennell (kittentails), found at all high
alpine sites on Fort Greely, was formerly tracked in the
Vascular plant collections
BCD but is no longer on the Heritage Program list. The
others are listed in Table 2 and are briefly described
A total of 723 collections were made during 1997
below with Heritage Program global (G) and state (S)
and 1998: 164 in 1997 and 559 in 1998. On the base,
ranks given for each tracked taxon. These ranks are
497 taxa of vascular plants, representing 64 families
based on a scale from 1 (critically imperiled because of
and 198 genera, were documented. A species list for
extreme rarity) to 5 (demonstrably secure) with 2 (im-
the Fort Greely survey was compiled and is presented
periled), 3 (rare or uncommon), and 4 (apparently se-
in Appendices A (listed alphabetically) and B (listed
cure). The ranks are further modified to denote subspe-
by family). The 497 species and subspecies documented
cies or varieties (T) and uncertainty about taxonomic
during this survey represent approximately 26% of the
status (Q) (AKNHP 1998). All those described have
1960 taxa listed in Hulten (1968).
state abundance levels of S3, S2, or S1 or a combina-
Collections at ALA
tion of two of these. Many of these tracked taxa are
within their ranges and were not unexpected finds, but
The list of species represented by collections in the
several are very significant additions to the body of
University of Alaska Museum-Hebarium (ALA) from
knowledge about the Interior Alaska flora, and in some
the Mt. Hayes and Big Delta 1:250,000 USGS quad-
cases, the flora of Alaska. In the list below, the site num-
rangles was consulted. Six taxa from this list were col-
ber is given (Fig. 6, Table 1) where a species was found
lected on Fort Greely by Holmes and Benninghoff
(1957) but were not found during this inventory
only once or twice. Where a species was found repeat-
(Woodsia glabella, Eritrichium splendens, Polemonium
edly, no site numbers are given.
1. Artemisia laciniata Willd. (cut-leaf sagewort) G5
pulcherrimum, Pyrola grandiflora, Salix barclayi, and
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