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Arctic sweet coltsfoot

By Alaska Science Center
Arctic vegetation. The large single leaves in front on thick stem, with a few more plants in the background to the left.
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Detailed Description

The dominant plant in the photo is Arctic sweet coltsfoot (Petasides frigidus), a forage species commonly consumed by barren-ground caribou during the summer in the USFWS Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Public Domain.

photo by Heather Johnson, USGS