58. Beauverd spirea, Spiraea beauverdiana Schneid. 



(SS, I-C). Almost throughout interior Alaska except extreme 

 north and Aleutian Islands. Also northern end of southeast 

 Alaska from Haines and Skagway to Juneau. Alaska, Yukon 

 Territory, District of Mackenzie, also northeastern Asia. 



59. Douglas-maple, Acer glabrum Torr. var. douglasii 

 (Hook.) Dipp. (MS-ST, C). Southeast Alaska from Portland 

 Canal and Prince of Wales Island northwest to Admiralty Island 

 and Haines and Skagway at head of Lynn Canal. Southeast 

 Alaska, southeast to western and southern British Columbia, 

 southern Alberta, western Montana, and northwestern Wyoming, 

 and west to Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Rocky Mountain 

 maple (Acer glabrum Torr., including this and other varieties) 

 extends southward to northwestern Nebraska and in mountains 

 to southern New Mexico and southern California. 



60. silverberry, Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. (MS-LS, 



I ) . Scattered in central interior Alaska, especially along rivers, 

 from Porcupine and Yukon Rivers to Tanana, west to upper 

 Kuskokwim River near McGrath, and east to lower Susitna and 

 Matanuska Rivers and to Copper and Chitina Rivers. Alaska and 

 Yukon Territory east to Great Slave Lake, James Bay, and Gaspe 

 Peninsula, south to Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, and Utah. 



61. buffaloberry, Shepherdia canadensis (L. ) Nutt. 



(MS, I-c). Eastern interior Alaska north to Firth River and 

 north slope of Brooks Range, west to Kokub and Noatak Rivers 

 and Chukchi Sea coast near Kotzebue, south to Tanana, Farewell, 

 and Kenai Peninsula, and east to Copper and Chitina River 

 Valleys. Also northern end of southeast Alaska at Skagway and 

 Haines, Glacier Bay National Monument, and northern Chichagof 

 Island. From Alaska and Yukon Territory east to Great Bear 

 Lake, James Bay, and Newfoundland, south in mountains to 

 Maine, New York, Michigan, New Mexico, and Oregon. 



62. devilsclub, Oplopanax horridus (Sm.) Miq. (MS-LS, 

 i-C). Pacific coast of southeast and southern Alaska, through 

 southeast from Portland Canal to Skagway at head of Lynn 

 Canal and west to Prince William Sound, Kenai Peninsula, west 

 side of Cook Inlet, and Afognak and Kodiak Islands. Southern 

 Alaska southeast to Manitoba, Montana, Idaho, and southern 

 Oregon; also local in Isle Royale, Michigan, and Ontario. A 

 closely related species or variety is found in Japan. 



63. red-osier dogwood, Cornus stolonifera Michx. (MS- 

 LS, I-C). Central interior Alaska north to Porcupine and Yukon 

 Rivers, west to Koyukuk and Anvik, and south to Stony River, 

 Anchorage area, and Copper River Valley. Also through southeast 

 Alaska from Skagway at head of Lynn Canal to Portland Canal, 

 but not recorded from Chichagof and Baranof Islands. Alaska 

 and Yukon Territory east to Labrador and Newfoundland, south 

 in the east to Virginia and Kansas and in the west to New 

 Mexico, California, and northern Mexico. 



64. crowberry, Empetrum nigrum L. (PS, I-C). Almost 

 throughout Alaska including Aleutian Islands, except areas of 

 perpetual ice and snow and possibly extreme southeast along 

 Portland Canal. Alaska east across northern Canada to northern 

 Greenland, south to Labrador and Newfoundland, and south 

 along coast and in high mountains to Maine, New York, Michigan, 

 and California. Also widespread across Eurasia. 



65. bog-rosemary, Andromeda polifolia L. (PS-MS, I-C). 

 Throughout Alaska except extreme north and Aleutian Islands. 

 From southern end of southeast Alaska northward to Yakutat 

 with a possible gap along coast to Prince William Sound; north- 

 ward to Canning and Colville Rivers within a few miles of Arctic 

 Ocean; westward to Cape Lisburne on Chukchi Sea, western tip 

 of Seward Peninsula and islands in Bering Sea; south to Unimak 

 Island on Aleutians; and east to Kodiak Island and Kenai Penin- 

 sula. Alaska east across Canada to northern Labrador and south 

 Greenland, south to New Jersey, Minnesota, and Washington. 

 Northern Europe and Asia. 



66. bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L. ) Spreng. 



(PS, I-C). Common in interior forest region of Alaska and 

 occasional in northern and northwestern parts, Alaska Peninsula, 

 Aleutians, and southeast. In southeast Alaska at Hyder, on 

 Coronation Island, and the Glacier Bay, Juneau, and Lynn Canal 

 area, with a gap along the coast to Prince William Sound; 

 northward to Brooks Range and occasional isolated localities on 

 north side; westward spotty in Noatak and Kobuk River drainages 

 and Seward Peninsula and along Yukon River to Galena; south- 

 westward to isolated localities on Kuskokwim River, head of 

 , Bristol Bay, Alaska Peninsula, and eastern Aleutian Islands; and 

 east to Kodiak Island and Kenai Peninsula. Alaska to Newfound- 

 land, south in mountains to Georgia and California. Also in 

 northern Europe and Asia. 



67. leatherleaf, Chamaedaphne calyculata (L. ) Moench 



(PS-SS, I). Lowlands of central Alaska and isolated localities 

 to north and west. From Copper River Basin north to Porcupine 

 River and local on north slope of Brooks Range; westward to 

 Galena on Yukon River, scattered on Kobuk and Noatak Rivers, 

 and at Nome; southwest to mouth of Kuskokwim River and an 

 area at head of Bristol Bay; and east to Anchorage but not on 

 Kenai Peninsula. From Alaska eastward to southern Hudson Bay 

 and Newfoundland, south to Georgia, Minnesota, and northern 

 British Columbia. Northern Europe and Asia. 



68. copperbush, Cladothamnus pyrolaeflorus Bong. 



(MS, C) . Coastal southeast and south-central Alaska. From extreme 

 southeastern tip of Alaska northward to Glacier Bay; also from 

 Cordova on Prince William Sound west to Anchorage. Coastal 

 Alaska south to northwestern Oregon. 



69. salal, Gaultheria shallon Pursh (MS, C) . Outer coastal 

 area of extreme southeastern Alaska. Primarily on Prince of 

 Wales, Revillagigedo, and Annette Islands, also an isolated loca- 

 tion on Baranof Island. From southeastern Alaska south along 

 coast to California. 



70. bog kalmia, Kalmia polifolia Wang. (SS, C). Coastal 

 areas of southeastern Alaska north to Lynn Canal and Cape Fair- 

 weather. From Alaska east to Hudson Bay and Newfoundland, 

 south to New Jersey, Minnesota, and California. 



71. narrow-leaf Labrador-tea, Ledum decumbens (Ait.) 

 Lodd. (SS, I-C). Most of Alaska except southeastern part and 

 Aleutian Islands. Local at head of Lynn Canal in northern part 

 of southeast Alaska. From Prince William Sound northward to 

 Arctic Ocean; west to islands of Bering Sea; southwest to Unimak 

 Island in eastern Aleutians; and east to Kodiak Island and Kenai 

 Peninsula. From Alaska east across the Canadian Arctic to 

 Greenland and south to Labrador, Hudson Bay, and Lake 

 Athabaska District. Also in northern Europe and Asia. 



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