Spiked Saxifrage, Saxifraga spicata, Rediscovered in Canada After 110 Years

Authors

  • B. A. Bennett Yukon Environment, Government of Yukon, Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
  • S. Withers Laberge Environmental Services, Suite 1, 405 Ogilvie St., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2S5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v124i1.1031

Keywords:

Spiked Saxifrage, Saxifraga spicata, Micranthes spicata, Yukon Territory, endemism, rare vascular plant

Abstract

Saxifraga spicata (Micranthes spicata (D. Don) Small), a large perennial showy saxifrage endemic to the unglaciated regions of Alaska and Yukon, was rediscovered after not having been seen in Canada for 110 years.

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Vol. 124 No. 1 (2010)

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