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Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 930285

Occurrence ID: d61437b5-5b25-4453-8fee-0af5f742cb29

Secondary Catalog #: 1333593

Taxon: Equisetum variegatum subsp. variegatum Schleicher ex F. Weber & D. Mohr

Family: Equisetaceae

Collector: Leoschke, M.

Number: 1801

Date: 1997-10-11

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Clay, Approximately 5 miles east-southeast of Glyndon. Riverton Township. SE4 NE4 SE4 of section;Bluestem Prairie Scientific Natural Area;139N;46W;22

Latitude/Longitude: 46.8355667 -96.4642333

Verbatim Coordinates: 46° 50.134' N,96° 27.854' W;

Habitat: Either a rich fen or a rich fen/wet meadow complex occurs within a large tallgrass prairie. The area within the releve has numerous shallow depressions (45 centimeters by 30 centimeters of smaller, less than 15 centimeters deep) with either water or damp with moss. The soil in the releve appears to be muck, though portions may be mineral soil. The releve is dominated by Carex sterilis with smaller amounts of Andropogon gerardii, Juncus balticus, Muhlenbergia racemosa and Muhlenbergia richardsonis. Other species found within the releve include Cirsium muticum, Eriophorum angustifolium, Gentianopsis procera, Lobelia kalmii and Solidago riddellii.

Description: Infrequent within releve.

Preparations: single sheet

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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

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Record ID: d61437b5-5b25-4453-8fee-0af5f742cb29

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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