Ancient Divergences of the Maritime Alpine Tree Larix lyallii (Pinaceae) Contrasts With Patterns in Other Pacific Northwest Coastal Disjuncts.

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The disjunct mesic forests of the Pacific Northwest, occurring on the west side of North America's Coastal Ranges as well as in the Northern Rocky Mountains, have emerged as a model system for comparative phylogeography. Less well-known, however, are the alpine and subalpine plants that mirror this distribution-here referred to as the Maritime Alpine Disjuncts. The phylogeographic histories of lowland coastal...

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