Additions to the Vascular Flora of Ontario, Canada, from the Sutton Ridges, Hudson Bay Lowland Ecoregion

Authors

  • Michael J. Oldham Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC), Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 300 Water Street, 2nd Floor, North Tower, P.O. Box 7000 Peterborough, Ontario K9J 8M5
  • Samuel R. Brinker Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC), Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 300 Water Street, 2nd Floor, North Tower, P.O. Box 7000 Peterborough, Ontario K9J 8M5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v125i3.1227

Keywords:

Arctic Bellflower, Campanula uniflora, Campanulaceae, Lapland Diapensia, Diapensia lapponica, Diapensiaceae, Alpine Azalea, Kalmia procumbens, Ericaceae, Saxifraga rivularis, Saxifragaceae, range extensions, new records, arctic-alpine, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Field studies in the Hudson Bay Lowland ecoregion of northern Ontario during 2010 resulted in the discovery of four native vascular plant species not previously confirmed from the province: Arctic Bellflower (Campanula uniflora; Campanulaceae), Lapland Diapensia (Diapensia lapponica; Diapensiaceae), Alpine Azalea (Kalmia procumbens; Ericaceae), and Alpine Brook Saxifrage (Saxifraga rivularis; Saxifragaceae). These four species are widespread arctic plants occurring in both North America and Eurasia and were found on the Sutton Ridges, a Precambrian bedrock inlier surrounded by the extensive wetlands of the Hudson Bay Lowland.

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Vol. 125 No. 3 (2011)

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