WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Clethrionomys rutilus | Northern Red-Backed Vole 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The northern red-backed vole is a holarctic species distributed from
northern Scandinavia across the Russian Republics and, in North America,
from Alaska to the Hudson Bay [1].  The specific ranges of the
subspecies are not described in the literature.


ECOSYSTEMS : 
FRES11 Spruce-fir
FRES19 Aspen-birch
FRES23 Fir-spruce


STATES : 


    
AK
 



    
BC
    
MB
    
NT
    
YT
 



BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K093  Great Lakes spruce - fir forest
   K094  Conifer bog


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    12  Black spruce
    16  Aspen
    18  Paper birch
   107  White spruce
   201  White spruce
   202  White spruce - paper birch
   204  Black spruce
   251  White spruce - aspen
   253  Black spruce - white spruce
   254  Black spruce -  paper birch


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Northern red-backed voles live in a variety of northern forest and
shrubland habitats [1,6].  They occur in every major forest type in
central Alaska [21].  Plant species commonly found in areas occupied by
northern red-backed voles include black spruce (Picea mariana), white
spruce (P. glauca), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), paper birch
(Betula papyrifera), alder (Alnus spp.), willow (Salix spp.), mountain
cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), blueberry and bilberry (Vaccinium
spp.), bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), and a variety of grasses and
forbs.  Important fungi, mosses and lichens include truffle (Endogone
fascilulata), Schreber's moss (Pleurozium schreberi), mountain fern moss
(Hylocomium splendens), sphagnum (Sphagnum spp.), and lichens (Cladonia
and Peltigera spp.) [2,21].


REFERENCES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Clethrionomys rutilus | Northern Red-Backed Vole