Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 473353

Occurrence ID: 1530dce7-d59d-4a60-9973-b2938d9ad9db

Secondary Catalog #: 1094625

Taxon: Betula alleghaniensis Britton

Family: Betulaceae

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL1716

Date: 1997-06-12

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Stearns, Stearns Co.; 'St. Wendel Bog' 6 miles southwest of St. Stephen; 40ft, south-facing upland slope; T125N R29W NE1/4 of SE1/4 Sec. 17. 125N 29W 17

Latitude/Longitude: 45.637338 -94.356597 +-800m. WGS84

Habitat: hardwood swamp fed by seepage from base of 40ft, south-facing upland slope. On margin of extensive Larix swamp. Canopy dominated by Betula allegheniensis, Fraxinus pennsylvanica & Acer rubrum, with occasional Rilia americana, Populus tremuloides & Betula papyrifera. Additional associates include Alnus incana, Carex stricta, C. lacustris, Thelypteris palustris, Osmunda cinnomomea [sic], Geranium maculatum, Athyrium angustum, Mitella nuda. Moist to wet peat.

Preparations: single sheet

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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.

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Timothy Whitfeld, Collections Manager (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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