DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Arctagrostis latifolia | Polargrass 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Polargrass is a circumboreal species.  In North America it occurs in
Alaska, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory [10].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     AK  NT  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DENA  LACL  WRST  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K052  Alpine meadows and barren
   K094  Conifer bog


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   107  White spruce
   201  White spruce
   202  White spruce - paper birch
   204  Black spruce
   217  Aspen
   251  White spruce - aspen
   252  Paper birch
   253  White spruce - black spruce
   254  Black spruce - paper birch


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Polargrass is an indicator species in the following plant associations
(pas): 

Area                  Classification                Authority

nw AK                 general veg. pas              Hanson 1953
AK                    general veg. pas              Viereck 1989

Related categories for Species: Arctagrostis latifolia | Polargrass