Cassiope lycopodioides
species of plant
Cassiope lycopodioides is a plant species in the family Ericaceae, known by the common names clubmoss mountain-heather or Haida Gwaii mountain-heather. The species is native to northeast Asia and northwestern North America, where it grows on rocky slopes and crevices in arctic tundra and alpine tundra at elevations up to 2000 m.
Description
Cassiope lycopodioides is a perennial herb forming mats lying close to the ground. Leaves are narrow, up to 3 mm long, closely pressed against the stem. Curled hairs are present at the leaf tips, especially on younger leaves, and most populations (with the exception of those on Haida Gwaii) display hyaline or scarious leaf margins. Flowers are white, campanulate (bell-shaped), up to 20 mm across, and with a calyx of five fused sepals, often red or reddish green.
Distribution
The distribution of Cassiope lycopodioides spans an arc of the northern Pacific Rim, extending from northeast Asia over to northwestern North America. In Asia, the species ranges from high elevations on Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan, north through coastal mountain ranges and tundra of the Russian Far East.
In North America, the species is found across the Aleutian Islands into southern Alaska, coastal and interior British Columbia, and the U.S. State of Washington. Washington populations have been reported only from shaded alpine rock faces in King County and Snohomish County.
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