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but also on humus banks, mainly subalpine but also occasionally to near sea level, mainly in coniferous forests Elevation: low to moderate elevations

along lake shores. They are found on acidic to basic rocks ranging from near sea level up to the alpine zone. None. Grimmia hamulosa, Grimmia laevigata, Grimmia

Dry and exposed acidic rocks in the mountains, rarely descending to near sea level Elevation: low to high elevations (20-2700 m) Generated Map Legacy Map

1-3(5) evident veins or the glume apices attenuate; plants growing from near sea level to subalpine or alpine habitats, not growing in bogs. > 14 14 Lemma

mostly not flagged (sometimes flagged near heads); corollas: staminate 3–4 mm; pistillate 3–4.3 mm; limestone near sea level, w Newfoundland, Anticosti Island

humus, leaf litter, infrequently on rock, occasionally epiphytic, from near sea level to 3900 m (S. R. Gradstein et al. 2001). None. Cyclodictyon varians

Antennaria of North America, occurring in dry to moist habitats from near sea level to the alpine zone. The A. rosea polyploid agamic complex is one of

Hypnaceae. The genus is found in terrestrial, calcicolous habitats from near sea level to high elevations in temperate to boreal and Arctic regions. The straight

unstable sites such as slopes, scree, and crevices in rocky faces from near sea level to 3000 m. These local micro-sites may be less fire prone than the immediately

lowlands to mid elevations, occasionally upper montane forests, from near sea level to 3400 m (S. R. Gradstein et al. 2001). None. Trachyxiphium hypnaceum

Antarctic region. Species ca. 90 (11 in the flora). Ditrichum occurs from near sea level up to montane regions, on a wide range of soils, but is found occasionally

associated with spring-wet sites, often on alluvial mud and river banks, from near sea level to ca. 2500 m, and the capsules mature over winter into spring. None

blades narrow-lanceolate, 1.5-3 mm, apex obtuse; seeds 0.2-0.5 mm; often near sea level, Colorado, Kansas, South Carolina, Texas. Crassula drummondii 9 Follicles

aristidoides var. aristidoides grows in dry mesas, plains, and washes from near sea level to about 2000 m. It matures rapidly following summer rains, and can

probably survived glaciation in refugia. The species has been found near sea level in coastal Alaska but generally occurs at 500–3200 m. Capsules are rare

Wash., Europe, Asia (China, Japan), n Africa. Grimmia ramondii occurs near sea level in arctic areas and along the West Coast. In the latter region, however

lowland meadows in Kamchatka (V. B. Baird 1942), and is occasionally found near sea level in exposed rocky habitats on the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands

lawns and other grassy, weedy areas, damp concrete, mortar in old forts, near sea level Generated Map Legacy Map Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C., Tex., Bermuda

pastures and openings in woods, usually in clay or sandy clay soils, from near sea level to approximately 700 m. It is both widespread and abundant within its

Legacy Map Alta., B.C., Alaska, Oreg., Wash. Heuchera glabra occurs from near sea level in the Aleutian Islands and the Panhandle in Alaska to above the tree

Bouteloua parryi grows on sandy slopes and flats at elevations from near sea level to 2000 m. Its range extends from the southwestern United States to

granite, gneiss, quartzite, and schist. Its distribution reaches from near sea level in the Arctic to above 4000 m on Mexican and Hawaiian volcanoes. The

J. M. Macoun, who did not record the substrate, but it was probably near sea level. The plants are distinguished by their exostome teeth that are cancellate

Mexico. In the United States, Schoenocaulon ghiesbreghtii grows at or near sea level and almost exclusively on the Reyosa gravel formation of the Texas Gulf

Carex lyngbyei, at or near sea level. Its distribution is circumboreal, extending in North America from the islands of the Bering Sea and coastal Alaska,

usually found within a few kilometers of the marine shoreline at or near sea level, but it sometimes occurs as high as 800 m on the Brooks Peninsula of

are often unusually large, 1.3–1.8(–2) × 1.1–1.5 mm. It is known from near sea level on the coasts of British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec (James Bay and

in chaparral, coastal sage scrub, and woodland-savannah zones, from near sea level to about 900 m, in central and southern California. It is not known

or clay loam soils Generated Map Legacy Map of conservation concern, near sea level, Tex. Of conservation concern. The species was noted by its author as

moss of imperfectly drained moist areas, and on seepage slopes from near sea level to 700 m, or, rarely, in seasonally dry, turfy sites. It is often a

roadsides to moist ground alongside cranberry bogs, at elevations from near sea level to over 600 m. In view of its extensive commercial use for over 70 years

staminates are absent, then such specimens are best keyed to the specific level only. Another feature of importance in identifying specimens of Antennaria

to coniferous forests near the coast in western California, from Sonoma to Santa Cruz counties, at elevations from near sea level to 300 m. It used to be

the Cascade, Rocky, and Siskiyou mountains of the Pacific Northwest, near sea level in coastal British Columbia, and on Vancouver Island. None. None. window

Nev., Oreg. Deschampsia elongata grows in moist to wet habitats, from near sea level to alpine elevations, from Alaska and the Yukon south to northern Mexico

Alpinae alliance and carries the CC chromosomal arrangement. It grows from near sea level in the north (Alaska, Northwest Territories) to high alpine (to 3700

Nicaragua, but is now known from only four or five small populations near sea level in seasonally flooded savannahs and riverine forests inland from the

areas. In western North America, it is less frequent, found from near sea level to subalpine elevations of 2000 m. Plants of this species are firmly affixed

or scabrous, lemmas, and in growing at lower elevations, mostly from near sea level to 1000 m. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"section"

America, Africa. Rhynchospora eximia is often found at elevations from near sea level to over 1000 m in the tropics. None. None. window.propertiesFromHig

where the type specimen was collected and where the species is found near sea level. The highly deviant chromosome counts (e.g., 2n = 40 + 1, 64, 82) listed

subtending, the proximalmost pedicel in D. incerta. Draba incerta is found near sea level in Alaska. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus"

this section occur in a variety of habitats, often disturbed ones, from sea level to 5000 m. Most of the species are self-compatible, but with a few self-incompatible

extreme xerophytes in deserts to epiphytic mesophytes in rain forest, from sea level to about 4500 m (the altiplano of South American Andes), and from the equator

forming mats), red, much-branched, 0.1–0.4(–0.5) m, fleshy. Leaves clustered near tips of branches; petiole 5–10 mm; blade orbiculate, broadly ovate or obovate

specimens. Species of Castilleja occur in a wide range of habitats, from sea level to high alpine and from salt marshes and freshwater wetlands to tundra

meadows and grassland to wetlands, sandy shorelines, and sand dunes, from sea level to 3400 m. Primarily a species of open settings, it is frequently found

naturalized in our flora, although they may persist for long periods at or near places where they have been planted. Additionally, over 52 species contained

well as in ditches, along roadsides, and in other disturbed sites, from sea level to subalpine elevations. Alopecurus aequalis is the most widespread and

Northern Hemisphere but bipolar in distribution. The species occurs at sea level in the northern portion of its range but is most frequent at higher elevations

geniculate near middle; pedicel 7–15 mm. Berries 4–5 mm. 2n = 16, 32. Phenology: Flowering late spring. Habitat: Open, wet pinelands, near seashores Elevation:

decumbent at the base; disarticulation beneath the florets; plants of sea level to subalpine habitats. > 16 16 Lemmas with coarse, stiff, marginal hairs

broadleaf forests, prairies, and coastal scrub, from sea level to 500 m. It is known only from sites near the coast in Humboldt, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties

scabrous, flexuous to outcurving from near the glume bases at maturity; fertile lemmas 8-10 mm, smooth or scabrous near the apices, 2 lateral veins extending

most widely distributed and diverse. Native species of Cirsium range from sea level to alpine and from boreal regions of Canada to the tropics of Central America

100 m of the sea, making it particularly vulnerable to development and recreational conflicts. Never common, several historic populations near Victoria were

that grows in wet meadows and bogs, and along streams and lakes, from sea level to over 3000 m in cool-temperate, but not arctic, habitats. There are widely

000 km². Elevations vary from below sea level (Death Valley, -86 m; Salton Sea, -71 m) to nearly 4000 m above sea level at the highest peaks; most of the

than one to two kilometers from the sea, from Humboldt County, California, north to Pacific County, Washington, near the mouth of the Columbia River. It

conditions, on dry prairies or in grassy woods, generally in sandy soil, from sea level to 3900 m. It differs from Sphenopholis intermedia, with which it is frequently

meiosis, and is self-compatible and autogamous, common and widespread from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains from southern Texas south throughout

as in scattered locations in Bangka, Java, Malaysia, and Sumatra from sea level to 1000 m (Raven 1963[1964], 1978). Jussiaea grandiflora Ruíz & Pavon,

Kentucky and Tennessee experienced occasional frosts, but the climate near the sea was frost-free, winter-dry tropical (N.O. Frederiksen 1980). Tropical

extremely variable subsp. canum has the low­est elevational range, from sea level to 1000 m through most of its range, and to 2700 m in a few places in the

Royall et al. 1991). With the rise in sea level and the increase in sea-surface temperatures to modern levels by 5000 yr B.P., the southern portion of

considerably during the Pleistocene. During full-glacial periods the drop in sea level exposed vast areas of the Continental Shelf for colonization by terrestrial

Rio Grande Plains or South Texas Plains. The rolling to level topography, ranging from sea level to 1000 feet, is dissected by streams and arroyos flowing

single apical hairs). While P. villosa is restricted to relatively rocky sites near the coast from western Alaska to Oregon, P. villosula often occurs on coastal

Consequently, they conducted tests at three field stations (Stanford, 50m above sea level; Mather, 1200m; and Timberline, 3000m). Their results have been widely

progressively higher elevations southward. The same species that occur nearly at sea level in northern Canada and Alaska may turn up at 3500 m at the southern ends

counterparts, and in some instances they were entirely novel. The likes and near-likes could be associated, but the distinctly different were philosophically

T. A. Ager, J. E. Hazel, and J.P. Owens. 1981. Quaternary climates and sea levels of the U. S. Atlantic coastal plain. Science 211: 233--240. Cronon, W