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Introductory
SPECIES: Draba fladnizensis | Arctic Draba
ABBREVIATION :
DRAFLA
SYNONYMS :
Draba pattersonii Schulz
Draba pattersonii var. hirticaulis Schulz
Draba pattersonii var. dascycarpa Schulz
SCS PLANT CODE :
DRFL
COMMON NAMES :
arctic draba
Austrian whitlow-wort
TAXONOMY :
The currently accepted scientific name of arctic draba is Draba
fladnizensis Wulfen.
LIFE FORM :
Forb
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS :
No special status
OTHER STATUS :
Arctic draba is a rare species in Glacier National Park. Populations
are sparse [8].
COMPILED BY AND DATE :
Tara Y. Williams/September 1990
LAST REVISED BY AND DATE :
NO-ENTRY
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION :
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Draba fladnizensis. In: Remainder of Citation
DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Draba fladnizensis | Arctic Draba
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION :
Arctic draba is distributed from Alaska to Greenland. It extends south
in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado and Utah. It also occurs in Eurasia
[4,5,9,11,12].
Occurrence in Glacier National Park: Gunsight Pass [11].
ECOSYSTEMS :
FRES44 Alpine
STATES :
AK CO ID MT UT WY AB BC LB MB
NB NF NS NT ON PQ SK YT
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS :
GLAC ROMO WRST YELL
BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS :
8 Northern Rocky Mountains
9 Middle Rocky Mountains
11 Southern Rocky Mountains
12 Colorado Plateau
KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS :
K052 Alpine meadows and barren
SAF COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Draba fladnizensis | Arctic Draba
WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE :
NO-ENTRY
PALATABILITY :
NO-ENTRY
NUTRITIONAL VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
COVER VALUE :
NO-ENTRY
VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES :
NO-ENTRY
OTHER USES AND VALUES :
NO-ENTRY
MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Draba fladnizensis | Arctic Draba
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS :
Arctic draba is a caespitose perennial which grows from 0.5 to 3.5
inches (1-9 cm) tall. The basal leaves are 3 to 10 mm long. The white
flowers are 2 to 3 mm long. The oblong-ovate silicles are 3 to 6 mm
long. There are 10 to 20 seeds per silicle, each under 1 mm long [5,9].
RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM :
Hemicryptophyte
REGENERATION PROCESSES :
Arctic draba reproduces from seed sexually produced by pollination and
fertilization [2].
SITE CHARACTERISTICS :
Arctic draba grows in alpine tundra on dry, open, rocky slopes and
ridges above timberline, often on the highest peaks [4,5,7,9,11,12].
Elevation in several western states has been reported as follows [2]:
from 10,700 to 14,000 feet (3,260-4,265 m) in CO
11,000 feet (3,350 m) in MT
from 10,700 to 12,600 feet (3,260-3,840 m) in UT
11,000 feet (3,350 m) in WY
SUCCESSIONAL STATUS :
NO-ENTRY
SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT :
Arctic draba blooms in July and August. Mature fruit can probably be
found in late July [5,7].
FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Draba fladnizensis | Arctic Draba
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Draba fladnizensis | Arctic Draba
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT :
NO-ENTRY
PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE :
NO-ENTRY
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
NO-ENTRY
REFERENCES
SPECIES: Draba fladnizensis | Arctic Draba
REFERENCES :
1. Bernard, Stephen R.; Brown, Kenneth F. 1977. Distribution of mammals,
reptiles, and amphibians by BLM physiographic regions and A.W. Kuchler's
associations for the eleven western states. Tech. Note 301. Denver, CO:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 169 p.
[434]
2. Dittberner, Phillip L.; Olson, Michael R. 1983. The plant information
network (PIN) data base: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming. FWS/OBS-83/86. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service. 786 p. [806]
3. Garrison, George A.; Bjugstad, Ardell J.; Duncan, Don A.; [and others].
1977. Vegetation and environmental features of forest and range
ecosystems. Agric. Handb. 475. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service. 68 p. [998]
4. Harrington, H. D. 1964. Manual of the plants of Colorado. 2d ed.
Chicago: The Swallow Press Inc. 666 p. [6851]
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Pacific Northwest. Part 2: Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Seattle, WA:
University of Washington Press. 597 p. [1166]
6. Kuchler, A. W. 1964. Manual to accompany the map of potential vegetation
of the conterminous United States. Special Publication No. 36. New York:
American Geographical Society. 77 p. [1384]
7. Lesica, Peter. 1984. Rare vascular plants of Glacier National Park,
Montana. Missoula, MT: University of Montana, Department of Botany. 27
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Plant Project). 1984. Vascular plants of limited distribution in
Montana. Monograph No. 2. Montana Academy of Sciences, Supplement to the
Proceedings, Volume 43. Bozman, MT: Montana State University, Montana
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9. Moss, E. H. 1955. The vegetation of Alberta. Botanical Review. 21(9):
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10. Raunkiaer, C. 1934. The life forms of plants and statistical plant
geography. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 632 p. [2843]
11. Standley, Paul C. 1921. Flora of Glacier National Park, Montana.
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 22, Part
5. Washington, DC: United States National Museum, Smithsonian
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12. Welsh, Stanley L.; Atwood, N. Duane; Goodrich, Sherel; Higgins, Larry
C., eds. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir No. 9. Provo,
UT: Brigham Young University. 894 p. [2944]
13. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1982.
National list of scientific plant names. Vol. 1. List of plant names.
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Index
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