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vascular plants of bylot island

A total of 147 vascular plant species have been surveyed on Bylot Island • The Bylot Island vascular plant list is based on the list established for Sirmilik National Park. It was completed from field work performed by Parks Canada in 2002 and 2003 as well as from the work of Drury (1962), Zoltai et al. (1983), Hughes (1992) and Duclos (2002). Nomenclature follows Porsild (1957), Porsild and Cody (1980) and Mallory & Aiken (2004). • The common names are from the USDA/NRCS PLANTS DATABASE and Mallory & Aiken (2004).   POLYPODIACEA (DRYOPTERIDACEAE) Dryopteris fragrans (Fragrant Woodfern)   EQUISETACEAE Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail) Equisetum variegatum (Variegated Scouringrush)   LYCOPODIACEAE Lycopodium selago   GRAMINEAE (POACEAE) Alopecurus alpinus (Boreal Alopecurus) Arctagrostis latifolia (Polar Grass) Deschampsia brevifolia (Bering Hairgrass) Deschampsia pumila (Tufted Hairgrass) Dupontia fisheri (Fisher's Tundragrass) Elymus arenarius ssp. mollis (American Dunegrass) Festuca baffinensis (Baffin Fescue) Festuca brachyphylla (Alpine Fescue) Hierochloe alpina (Alpine Sweetgrass) Hierochloe pauciflora (Arctic Sweetgrass) Phippsia algida (Icegrass) Pleuropogon sabinei (Semaphore Grass) Poa abbreviata (Short Bluegrass) Poa alpigena Poa arctica var. vivipara (Arctic Bluegrass) Poa alpina (Alpine Bluegrass) ** Poa arctica (Arctic Bluegrass) Poa glauca (Glaucous Bluegrass) Poa Hartzii var. vivipara (Hartz's Bluegrass) ** Puccinellia langeana or P. tenella (Tundra Alkaligrass) Puccinellia vahliana (Vahl's Alkaligrass) Trisetum spicatum (Spiked Trisetum or Narrow Flase-oat)   CYPERACEAE Carex amblyorhyncha or C. marina (Sea Sedge) Carex aquatilis var. stans (Water Sedge) Carex atrofusca (Darkbrown Sedge) Carex bigelowii (Bigelow's Sedge) Carex glacialis (Glacial Sedge) Carex maritima (Curved Sedge) Carex membranacea (Fragile Sedge) Carex misandra (Short-leave Sedge) Carex nardina (Spike Sedge) Carex rupestris (Curly Sedge) Carex scirpoidea (Northern Singlespike Sedge) Carex subspathacea (Hoppner's Sedge) Carex ursina (Bear Sedge) Eriophorum angustifolium (Tall Cottongrass or 2-5 Headed Cottongrass) Eriophorum callitrix (Arctic Cottongrass) Eriophorum russeolum var. albidum (Red Cottongrass) *** Eriophorum scheuchzeri (White Cottongrass or Single-headed Cottongrass) Eriophorum triste or E. angustifolium spp. triste (Tall Cottongrass) Eriophorum vaginatum ssp. spissum (Tussock Cottongrass) Kobresia myosuroides (Bellardi Bog Sedge) Kobresia simpliciuscula (Simple Bog Sedge) ***   JUNCACEAE Juncus albescens (Bog Rush or Northern White Rush) Juncus biglumis (Two-flowered Rush) Juncus castaneus (Chestnut Rush) Luzula confusa (Northern Woodrush) Luzula nivalis (Arctic Woodrush)   LILIACEAE (NARTHECIACEAE) Tofieldia coccinea (Northern Asphodel)   SALICACEAE Salix arctica s. lat. (Arctic Willow) Salix herbacea (Snowbed Willow) Salix lanata (Woolly Willow) Salix reticulata (Netvein Willow or Netleaf Willow) Salix Richardsonii var. McKeandii (Richardson's Willow) **   POLYGONACEAE Koenigia islandica (Island Purslane) *** Oxyria digyna (Mountain Sorrel or Sweet Leaves) Polygonum viviparum or Persicaria vivipara (Alpine Bistort or Inuit Nuts)   CARYOPHYLLACEAE Arenaria humifusa (Creeping Sandwort or Low Sandwort) ** Cerastium alpinum s. lat. (Alpine Ckickweed) Cerastium arcticum s.l. (Mouse-ear Chickweed) Cerastium beeringianum (Bering Chickweed) *** Cerastium regelii (Regel's Chickweed) Honckenya peploides or Arenaria peploides (Seaside Sandplant) Melandrium affine or Lychnis affinis or Silene involucrata (Arctic Catchfly) Melandrium apetalum ssp. arcticum or Silene uralensis (Apetalous Catchfly) Melandrium triflorum or Silene sorensenis (Sorensen's Catchfly) Minuartia biflora (Mountain Stitchwort) Minuartia rossii (Ross' Sandwort) *** Minuartia rubella (Beautiful Sandwort) Minuartia stricta (Bog Stitchwort) Sagina caespitosa Sagina intermedia (Snow Pearlwort) Silene acaulis (Moss Campion) Stellaria longipes s. lat. (Long-stalked Starwort or Goldie's Starwort) Stellaria humifusa (Salt-marsh Starwort)   RANUNCULACEAE Ranunculus hyperboreus (Floating Buttercup) Ranunculus nivalis (Snow Buttercup) Ranunculus pedatifidus var. leiocarpus (Northern Buttercup) Ranunculus sabinei (Sardinian Buttercup) Ranunculus sulphureus (Sulphur Buttercup)   PAPAVERACEAE Papaver radicatum s. lat. ou P. dahlianum ssp. polare (Arctic Poppy)   CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE) Arabis arenicola var. pubescens (Rock Cress) ** Braya purpurascens (Smoothing Brava) Cardamine belidifolia (Alpine Bittercress) Cardamine pratensis var. angustifolia (Bittercress or Cuckoo Flower) Cochlearia officinalis (Scurvy Grass) Draba alpina (Alpine Draba) Draba cinerea (Grayleaf Draba) Draba corymbosa (Flat-top Draba) Draba glabella (Smooth Draba) Draba lactea (Milky Draba) Draba nivalis (Yellow Arctic Draba) Draba subcapitata Erysimum pallasii (Palla's Wallflower) Eutrema edwardsii (Edwards' Mock Wallflower) Lesquerella arctica (Arctic Bladderpod)   SAXIFRAGACEAE Chrysosplenium tetrandrum (Alpine Gloden Saxifrage or Water Carpet) Saxifraga caespitosa s. lat. (Tufted Alpine Saxifrage) Saxifraga cernua (Nodding Saxifrage) Saxifraga flagellaris (Whiplash Saxifrage) Saxifraga foliolosa (Foliolose Saxifrage) Saxifraga hieracifolia (Stiffstem Saxifrage) Saxifraga hirculus (Yellow Marsh Saxifrage) Saxifraga nivalis (Snow Saxifrage or Alpine Saxifrage) Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage or Purple Alpine Saxifrage) Saxifraga rivularis (Brook Saxifrage or Weak Saxifrage) Saxifraga tenuis (Ottertail Pass Saxifrage) Saxifraga tricuspidata (Prickly Saxifrage or Three-toothed Saxifrage)   ROSACEAE Dryas integrifolia (Mountain Avens) Potentilla hyparctica (Cinquefoil) Potentilla nivea s. lat. (Snow Cinquefoil) Potentilla rubricaulis (Rocky Mountain Cinquefoil) Potentilla vahliana (Vahl's Cinquefoil)   LEGUMINOSAE (FABACEAE) Astragalus alpinus (Alpine Milk-vetch) Oxytropis arctobia Oxytropis maydelliana (Yellow Oxytrope)   ONAGRACEAE Epilobium arcticum (Arctic Willowherb) Epilobium latifolium or Chamerion latifolium (Dwarf Fireweed)   PYROLACEAE Pyrola grandiflora (Large-flowered Wintergreen)   ERICACEAE Cassiope tetragona (Arctic Heather) Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry or Curlewberry) Vaccinium uliginosum s. lat. (Blueberry or Bilberry)   PRIMULACEAE Androsace septentrionalis (Pygmyflower Rockjasmine)   PLUMBAGINACEAE Armeria maritima ssp. labradorica (Arctic Thrift)   BORAGINACEAE Mertensia maritima (Seaside Blubells or Oyster Leaf)   SCROPHULARIACEAE Pedicularis arctica or P. langsdorfii ssp. arctica (Arctic Lousewort) Pedicularis capitata (Capitate Lousewort) Pedicularis hirsuta (Hairy Lousewort) Pedicularis lanata (Wooly Lousewort) Pedicularis sudetica (Sudetan Lousewort) Pedicularis sudetica alba (Sudetan Lousewort) **   COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE) Antennaria ekmaniana or A. friesiana ssp. friesiana (Fries' Pussytoes) Arnica alpina ssp. angustifolia (Alpine Arnica) Chrysanthemum integrifolium or Hulteniella integrifolia (Entireleaf Daisy) Erigeron compositus (Cutleaf Daisy) Erigeron eriocephalus or E. uniflorus ssp. eriocephalus (Oneflowered Fleabane) Erigeron humilis (Alpine Arctic Fleabane) Senecio congestus (Marsh Fleabane) Taraxacum lacerum or T. officinale ssp. ceratophorum (Common Dandelion) Taraxacum phymatocarpum s. lat. (Northern Dandelion) *****   ** Species only surveyed by Drury (1962). *** Added after field survey 2002. **** Added after field survey 2003. ***** Taraxacum phymatocarpum : includes T. alaskanum, T. hyparcticum, T. arcticum, T. lateritium, T. mackenziense and T. pumilum (pers. comm. Laurie L. Consaul, Canadian Museum of Nature).   DRURY, W.H., JR. 1962. Patterned ground and vegetation on southern Bylot Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Contr. Gray Herb., Harvard University 190: 3–111. DUCLOS, I. 2002. Milieux mésiques et secs de l’Île Bylot, Nunavut (Canada) : caractérisation et utilisation par la Grande Oie des neiges. MSc. Thesis, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada. MALLORY, C. & S. AIKEN. 2004. Common Plants of Nunavut. Nunavut Department of Education, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Canadian Museum of Nature. PORSILD, A.E. 1957. Illustrated flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (1957). National museum of natural sciences, National museums of Canada. Bulletin No. 146. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. PORSILD, A.E. & W.J. CODY. 1980. Vascular Plants of Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National museum of natural sciences, National museums of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ZOLTAI, S.C., K.J. MCCORMICK & G.W. SCOTTER. 1983. A natural resource survey of Bylot Island and adjacent Baffin Island, Northwest Territories. Parks Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 176 p.