Gillespie et al (cba 2013) june 2013 final
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Botanical exploration of the Soper River: plant discoveries in the Canadian Arctic
Lynn J. Gillespie, Paul C. Sokoloff, Jeffery M. Saarela, Roger D. Bull
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Sokoloff
KatannilikTerritorial Park
– centered on the Soper Heritage River
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VMC
J. Dewey Soper – first botanical exploration of the river
40 collections by Soper (1931)27 collections by Aiken (2002)
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Gillespie
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Gillespie
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Mount Joy
0KM
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Cabin 7
9KM
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Livingstone Falls
20KM
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Big Bend
35KM
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Soper Falls49
KM
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Kimmirut 60KM
Sokoloff
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898 collections – ca. 250 vascular plant species
= one collection
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36 vascular plant families
20% Cyperaceae 13% Poaceae 7% Salicaceae
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Salix planifolia – tea-leaved willow
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BullSalix planifolia – tea-leaved willowBullBull
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NEW DISCOVERIES7 species new to the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• Cryptogramma stelleri (Pteridaceae) * • Carex brunnescens (Cyperaceae)• Triglochin palustris (Juncaginacaeae) *• Platanthera obtusata (Orchidaceae)• Primula egalikensis (Primulaceae)• Utricularia ochroleuca (Lentibulariaceae)• Coptidium ×spitsbergense (Ranunculaceae) * new families for
the Arctic Islands
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BullTriglochin palustris – marsh arrowgrassBullBull
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Primula egaliksensis – Greenland primroseGillespie
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Platanthera obtusata – northern bog orchidBull
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Cryptogramma stelleri (Pteridaceae) – Steller’s rockbrakeGillespie
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Coptidium × spitsbergense – Svalbard buttercupGillespie
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Coptidium × spitsbergense Svalbard buttercup
Cody, Blondeau & Cayouette1988 Rhodora 90: 27-36
sterile triploid hybrid between C. lapponicum and C. pallasii
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Utricularia ochroleuca (Lentibulariaceae)
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NEW DISCOVERIES4 species new to the
Eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• Andromeda polifolia (Ericaceae)• Orthilia secunda (Ericacae)• Calamagrostis stricta subsp.
stricta (Poaceae) • Salix fuscescens (Salicaceae)
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Sokoloff
Andromeda polifolia – bog rosemary
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Orthilia secunda – one-sided wintergreenBull
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NEW DISCOVERIESnew records of rare species - SE Baffin I
• Viscaria alpina (Caryophyllaceae)• Plantago maritima (Plantaginaceae) • 5 sedges (Carex arctogena, C. bicolor, C. gynocrates, C. vaginata, C. williamsii)• 3 rushes (Luzula wahlenbergii, L. multiflora subsp. frigida, Juncus trifidus • 2 grasses (Calamagrostis canadensis subsp. langsdorfii, C. purpurascens),
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Bull
Corallorhiza trifida – early coralroot
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Bull
Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum – foxtail barley
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• accurate information on species distributions• complete floristic inventories
NEW ARRIVALS OR LONG ESTABLISHED?
Most new records likely long established species
Cryptogramma perhaps recent natural spread N?
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Arctic floristic research – significance
1. baseline data for monitoring climate-induced change in arctic vegetation
2. update published floristic works on the Canadian Arctic
3. new data for the Arctic Flora of Canada and Alaska Project
4. samples for systematic and phylogeographic studies
5. samples for Arctic Flora barcoding project
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http://arcticplants.myspecies.info/
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Acknowledgments Tommy AkavakJulie Beauchesne
Louis-Phillipe Pothier