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Catalog (Accession) #: 924769
Occurrence ID (GUID): dd10ae0c-b746-4d35-ad7a-27120fb6439e
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1003008
Taxon: Abies balsamea (L.) Miller
Family: Pinaceae
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL3453   
Date: 2003-07-15
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Todd, 2.5 miles west-northwest of Staples. North of U.S. Highway 10, near the Wadena County line. NW1/4 of NE1/4 of section;;133N;33W;04
46.3614347  -94.8519195 +-800m.
Habitat: Gently-rolling sandy outwash plain; tamarack swamp. Mostly on outer margins of swamp where the patchy to interrupted canopy is co-dominated by Larix laricina and Fraxinus nigra, with occasional Betula papyrifera; in understory with Fraxinus nigra, Alnus incana, and Ulmus americana. Moist peat; water in shallow depressions. Additional associates include Picea glauca seedlings, Rhamnus alnifolia, Rubus pubescens, Mitella nuda, Cypripedium reginae, Platanthera aquilonis, Circaea alpina, Caltha palustris, Pyrola secunda, Linnaea borealis, Galium asprellum, Thelypteris palustris, Carex gynocrates, C. leptalea, C. hysteracina [sic], C. aurea, Glyceria striata, Parthenocissus inserta.
Description: Infrequent. Seedling and sapling to 12 feet tall.
Preparations: single sheet
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: dd10ae0c-b746-4d35-ad7a-27120fb6439e
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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