Alagnak Wild River and Katmai National Park Vascular Plant Inventory Annual Technical Report
Carlson ML and Lipkin R. 2003. Alagnak Wild River and Katmai National Park Vascular Plant Inventory Annual Technical Report. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/AKR/SWAN/NRTR-2003/01. National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Anchorage, AK
In 2002, the Alaska Natural Heritage Program (AKNHP), conducted vascular plant field inventories in the Alagnak Wild River and Katmai Nation Park units in accordance with a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service. The primary goal was to document ¡Ý 90% of the vascular plant species expected to occur within the parks and significantly improve our understanding of current species distributions. The inventory targeted diverse habitat types and poorly-sampled areas. The AKNHP visited four diverse eco-geographic regions and sampled intensively within these regions from late June to mid-August, 2002. A total of 530 specimens were collected, recorded, pressed, and curated. For Katmai Park, 317 individual taxa are represented, 146 are new records for the park, and an additional 41 represent verifications of previously unvouchered reports. Of the 133 specimens collected from the Alagnak Wild River, 120 are new records for that unit. A number of finds were significant range extensions or taxa of conservation concern. Dupontia fisheri is a tundra grass of northern and western Alaska. We located a population at Swikshak Lagoon, over 300 km east of the other outlying stations, and this site is the first recording from a woodland marsh in Alaska. Additionally, AKNHP collected a number of sedges that were notable range extensions. Last, we located a population of the rare Primula tschuktschorum (G3 - S2S3 rank), and Aphragmus eschscholtzianus (G3 - S3 rank), near Mirror Lake.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Carlson, Matthew; Lipkin, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 2003-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- ALAG , KATM , SWAN
- Keywords
- Inventory, Vascular Plants