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1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YY)
2. REPORT TYPE
3. DATES COVERED (From - To)
February 2001
Technical Report
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5a. CONTRACT NUMBER
5b. GRANT NUMBER
An Inventory of the Vascular Flora of Fort Greely, Interior Alaska
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER
6. AUTHOR(S)
5d. PROJECT NUMBER
Charles Racine, Robert Lichvar, and Michael Duffy
5e. TASK NUMBER
5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT
NUMBER
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road
ERDC TR-01-5
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
10. SPONSOR / MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)
USARAK
Fort Richardson, AK
11. SPONSOR / MONITOR'S REPORT
NUMBER(S)
12. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
14. ABSTRACT
This inventory of the vascular flora of Fort Greely in interior Alaska was conducted sporadically during summer 1996, 1997, and 1998.
Fort Greely covers 0.66 million acres (267,763 ha) and is composed of five major subdivisions: 1) the large floodplains of Jarvis Creek,
the Delta River, Delta Creek, and Little Delta River, 2) the surrounding lowlands associated with these rivers, 3) several glacial mo-
raines, 4) two highland areas (Molybdemum Ridge and Dinosaur Ridge), and 5) the higher mountains of the Alaska Range (up to 2000
m in elevation) along the southern edge of the base. Habitats range from very dry south-facing slopes to forest, floodplains, wetlands,
and alpine tundra. About 100 sites were visited and 723 collections made, which represented 497 taxa of vascular plants from 64
families and 198 genera. A species list for the Fort Greely survey was compiled and is presented here. It is estimated that the vascular
plant inventory is relatively complete. The inventory includes 21 rare species being tracked by the Alaska Natural Heritage Program and
11 species representing significant range extensions (>150 km). The relationship of the Fort Greely flora to that inventoried on Fort
Wainwright is discussed.
15. SUBJECT TERMS
Alaska
Interior Alaska
Biodiversity
Vascular flora
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