Circaea alpina L. ssp. alpina
Annotated by B. Pagacz, August 2015. Remarks: B.A. Bennett, 2 October, 2015

Yukon Territory: Coffee Creek. Elev. 389.6 m
62.907212°, -139.04446°
Under Alnus incana, Rosa acicularis, Cornus stolonifera, C. canadensis, Viburnum edule, Calamagrostis canadensis, Rubus idaeus, Salix arbusculoides, Equisetum arvense, Galium boreale, subhygric moisture, partial shade. Photos only. 5 m accuracy. 1 X 1 m patch. 150 individuals, and 740 m from the route. There was no indication the Circaea was introduced. I crossed a side channel from Coffee Creek, took 5 steps into the brush and found the patch. The surrounding vegetation appeared undisturbed and created a nice canopy of partial sunlight. The surrounding understory was growing normally, adjacent to the Circaea, but not crowding it at all. I’ll agree it was an odd opening where the Circaea was established. My only hypothesis was the area could have been a very old wildlife bed that grew in or the Circaea was more expansive and was taken over by other species due to competition. Rare. Fruiting.

B. Pagacz s.n., August 17, 2015
With R. Rosie
BABY, Accession: BABY-09453