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Ecological Atlas of Denali's Flora

Denali National Park and Preserve

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  • About the Atlas
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    • Other Projects of Interest
  • Botanical Studies
    • Pioneering Botanists
    • Plant & Soil Inventories
    • Vegetation Monitoring
    • Other Research Studies

Community Ecology

Community Ecology of Mertensia paniculata

Mertensia paniculata can be found in the following landcover classes and plant associations. For more information on each class or association, follow the links generated below. To learn how classes and associations are determined, visit the Plant Communities page.

Landcover Class Plant Associations
Low Shrub Birch-Ericaceous-Willow
  • Salix planifolia, Betula nana, Salix glauca, Vaccinium uliginosum, Arctagrostis latifolia, feathermoss
Mixed Spruce-Broadleaf Forest
  • Picea glauca, Populus balsamifera, Vaccinium uliginosum, Ledum palustre, Empetrum nigrum, Pyrola grandiflora, Hylocomium splendens
Open-Woodland Stunted Spruce
  • Picea glauca/Salix glauca plant association (White spruce/grayleaf willow)
Willow Shrub
  • Salix alaxensis, Salix barclayi, Shepherdia canadensis, Epilobium angustifolium
  • Salix alaxensis, Salix glauca, Rosa acicularis, Petasites hyperboreus, Calamagrostis inexpansa
  • Salix alaxensis, Salix planifolia, Shepherdia canadensis, Festuca altaica, Hylocomium splendens
  • Salix alaxensis, Salix planifolia, Sanguisorba officinalis, Petasites hyperboreus, Delphinium glaucum
  • Salix lanata/Calamagrostis canadensis plant association (Richardson willow/Bluejoint)

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