Table 2. Species on Alaska Natural Heritage Program Biological Conservation Database
found on Fort Greely, with ranking.
Scientific name
Global rank*
State rank†
Artemisia laciniata Willd.
G5
S2
Carex atratiformis Britton ssp. raymondii (Calder) A. Pors.
G5T5
S2
Carex crawfordii Fern.
G5
S2S3**
Carex deweyana Schwein.
G5
S1SE††
Carex eburnea Boott
G5
S2S3
Carex sychnocephala Carey
G4
S1
Cryptogramma stelleri (Gmel.) Prantl
G5
S2S3
Cystopteris montana (Lam.) Bernh. ex Desv
G5
S3
Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr.
G5T5Q
S2
ssp. pauciflorum (Greene) Hulten
Draba incerta Payson
G5
S2S3
Draba stenopetala Trautv.
G3
S3
Festuca brevissima Yurtsev
G3
S3
Glyceria pulchella (Nash) K. Schum.
G5
S2S3
Phlox hoodii Richards.
G5
S1S2
Phlox sibirica L. ssp. richardsonii (Hook.) Hulten
G4T2T3Q
S2
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mertens and Koch
G5
S1
Salix setchelliana Ball
G3G4
S3
Saxifraga adscendens L. ssp. oregonensis (Raf.) Bacig.
G5T4T5
S2S3
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene
G5
S1
Stellaria alaskana Hulten
G3
S3
Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie
G5?
S3
*G3, very rare and local; G4, apparently secure globally; G5, secure globally; T = global rank of subspe-
cies or variey; Q = uncertain taxonomy.
†S1, critically imperiled in state; S2 imperiled in state; S3, rare or uncommon in state; SE, possibly
introduced.
**Two different ranks in global or state (S2S3) indicates that rank is intermediate between the two.
†† Possibly introduced to state.
S2: An Asian species with a very restricted range in
G4 S1: A very distinctive sedge, rarely seen in the state.
North America, found on dry bluffs and open woods. It
Small, robust plants were found growing with other
was found at Mark Lake (site 34).
sedges and rushes along the wet meadow margin along
2. Carex atratiformis Britton ssp. raymondii (Calder)
the south end of Mark Lake (site 34).
A. Pors. (Raymond's sedge) G5T5 S2: A robust sedge
7. Cryptogramma stelleri (Gmel.) Prantl (fragile
of moist open areas. It was found at several sites in the
rockbrake) G5 S2S3: A species of parsley fern. It was
Jarvis Creek Lowlands.
found at site 4, where several clumps were growing on
3. Carex crawfordii Fern. (Crawford's sedge) G5
the moist fine sand of an old embankment, in the shade
S2S3: A sedge of dry sites and roadsides. It is proving
of tall alder scrub.
to be more common than previously known and was
8. Cystopteris montana (Lam.) Bernh. ex Desv
observed at several sites in the Jarvis Creek Lowlands.
(mountain bladder fern) G5 S3: A calciphile. It was
4. Carex deweyana Schwein. (Dewey sedge) G5
collected at site 1, growing in fine moist sand in the
S1SE: Known from only a few sites in the state. A small,
shade of thick tall alder scrub, on a southwest facing
weak specimen with few perigynia was collected from
slope above the river bar. It was also observed in the
a disturbed roadside at site 5. This sedge is suspected
thick feathermoss of a white spruce forest at site 30.
of being introduced to Alaska (SE); the habitat of this
9. Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. ssp.
specimen would support this possibility.
pauciflorum (Greene) Hulten (few-flowered shooting
5. Carex eburnea Boott (bristleleaf sedge) G5 S2S3:
star) G5T5Q S2: A robust shooting star of dry interior
A small sedge characteristic of sandy gravel bar mar-
sites. It was found at site 59, a south-west facing slope.
gins. It was found at several sites along the Delta River
10. Draba incerta (Yellowstone whitlowgrass)
and Jarvis Creek.
Payson G5 S2S3: A small mustard. It was found on
6. Carex sychnocephala Carey (many headed sedge)
rock outcrops and gravelly breaks in the tundra along
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