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Title: The Canadian field-naturalist
Identifier: canadianfieldnat1940otta (find matches)
Year: 1940 (1940s)
Authors: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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Publisher: Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
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No. 3 THE FLORA OF DEVON ISLAND IN ARCTIC By NICHOLAS POLUNIN D EVON ISLAND, previously called North Devon, although one of the largest units of the American Arctic Archipelago, still remains among the least known botan- It extends from lat. 74° 30'N. to lat. 77° from long. 79° 30'W. to long. 97°W. ically. 5'N., and (Simmons 1913, p. 34), having an estimated area of 20,484 sq. miles (Bethune 1935, p. 16). The coast is extremely rugged, consisting generally of tall cliffs or steep slopes interrupted by glaciers which in most cases come right down to the sea (Phot. 1). The hinterland, except in the west, is lofty and almost entirely occupied by ice-cap; but although only a small portion of the total area is free from ice, there is to be found a consider- able variety of plant habitats, including in some sheltered valleys large tracts of closed heathy or marshy vegetation. The first few plants known to have been col- lected on Devon Island were brought back in 1825 by Parry's third expedition (cf. W. J. Hooker 1826), while more substantial contributions were
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South coast of Devon Island looking eastivards across a bay near Dundas Harbour. A glacier is seen coming from the ice-cap (upper left-hand corner) and discharging into the sea. A sprinkling of new snow lies on the otherwise dark foreground— September Uth, 1934.

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