Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 923969

Occurrence ID: b5f1e694-3b6d-4d36-915a-3db04f221385

Secondary Catalog #: 1004166

Taxon: Juniperus communis var. depressa Pursh

Family: Cupressaceae

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL3481

Date: 2003-07-18

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Todd, Three miles northeast of Eagle Bend; wetland complex bisected by County Road 22. UTM: 5117201N 346676E N1/2 of NW1/4 of NE1/4 of section;;131N;34W;05

Latitude/Longitude: 46.1911014 -94.9869717

Verbatim Coordinates: 46° 11' 27.965" N,94° 59' 13.098" W;

Habitat: Rolling drumlin plain; in inter-drumlin wetland complex. Rich conifer swamp dominated by canopy of mature Larix laricina, with scattered Picea mariana, and P. glauca. Patchy understory of Picea mariana, P. glauca, Abies balsamea, Betula papyrifera, and Ulmus americana. On hummocks, mostly around tree bases. Deep peat. Growing in sunny setting on edge of swamp. Additional associates include Rubus pubescens, Trientalis borealis, Mitella nuda, Cornus canadensis, Linnaea borealis, Parthenocissus inserta, Toxicodendron rydbergii.

Description: Multi-stemmed, semi-erect shrubs to 30 inches tall, sprawling to 12 feet in diameter. Specimen from large plant; no reproductive structures observed on plants growing in the shaded interior of the swamp.

Preparations: single sheet

Specimen Media

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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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