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Rumex
for sorrel, probably derived from rumo, to suck, alluding to the practice among Romans of sucking the leaves to allay thirst Treatment appears in FNA Volume

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Poa pseudoabbreviata
Legacy Map Alaska, B.C., N.W.T., Yukon Poa pseudoabbreviata is a low arctic to subarctic and alpine species of Alaska, northwestern Canada, Siberia, and the

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Potentilla sect. Niveae
absent, ± appressed to spreading, soft to stiff, glands absent or sparse to common; leaflets 3(–5), at tip of leaf axis, separate to overlapping, usually

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Amaranthus caudatus
cold-temperate, subarctic, and arctic zones. While reported as naturalized in some states, most specimens identified as Amaranthus caudatus are referable to A. hybridus

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Festuca rubra subsp. arctica
tundra, subarctic forest, and barren regions; and subalpine areas in the mountains. It extends from Alaska, the southern part of the Canadian arctic archipelago

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Braya humilis subsp. humilis
humilis is broadly distributed on calcareous substrates in arctic, subarctic, alpine, and boreal regions of North America and Asia. None. None. window.proper

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Chapter 5 (section Arctic Ecosystems)
the Low Arctic region, dominated by tundras, from the High Arctic region in which polar deserts are prevalent. We use the term "tundra" to refer to a continuum

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Chapter 1 (section Physiographic Regions)
Along the coasts of the Arctic mainland and of Hudson Bay, in the southern Arctic Archipelago and in southern Greenland, a subarctic tundra climate occurs

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Draba (section Key to Species Groups of Draba)
The four centers of highest diversity include western North America, subarctic regions, Himalaya, and high Andes. The infrageneric classification of Draba

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Chapter 4 (section Eastern Canadian Arctic and Greenland)
of northern Quebec and southern Greenland, a High Arctic herb tundra, a sparse cover of arctic or arctic-alpine species of herbs (such as Oxyria digyna, Koenigia

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Literature Cited (Vol 1)
D. 1970. Subarctic and subalpine: Where and what? Arctic Alpine Res. 2: 63--73. Löve, D. and A. Löve. 1974. Origin and evaluation of arctic and alpine

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Chapter 12 (section Classification---Genus to Variety)
north of Mexico. To discuss pteridophyte distribution, the continent may be subdivided into floristic provinces: Arctic and subarctic (Tundra and Northern

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