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Catalog (Accession) #: 972934
Occurrence ID (GUID): 6def57f7-4fb9-449c-b81e-7544a45998a4
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1398487
Taxon: Carex vaginata Tausch
Family: Cyperaceae
Determiner: Lee, Michael (14/Jun/2011)
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL5575   
Date: 2011-06-14
Verbatim Date: 14 June 2011
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Rolling forested terrain south of the Fernberg Road, eight miles east-northeast of Ely.
47.93624227  -91.67148482
Verbatim Coordinates: 5310067N 599223E; T63N R11W sec13
Elevation: 437 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 1435 feet
Habitat: Occasional to locally common in large cedar swamp northwest of Kemptons Lake. Patchy canopy dominated by Thuja occidentalis, with occasional Larix laricina. Cedars not overly large, often leaning in a haphazard fashion. Patchy understory of Abies balsamea, Thuja occidentalis, Picea mariana, Alnus incana, Salix pyrifolia. Forming loose patches on hummocks. In carpets of Sphagnum, Pleurozium, etc.
Associated Species: Associates include Carex leptalea, C. disperma, C. interior, C. tenuiflora, Rubus pubescens, Coptis groenlandica, Trientalis borealis, Cornus canadensis, Smilacina trifolia, Cypripedium reginae, Osmunda regalis.
Specimen Images
Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Record Id: 6def57f7-4fb9-449c-b81e-7544a45998a4
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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