Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 932265

Occurrence ID: 34dd5b37-5d24-4482-8b89-b7efc77956a0

Secondary Catalog #: 1094546

Taxon: Betula alleghaniensis Britton

Family: Betulaceae

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL4581

Date: 2008-06-04

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Cass, In the headwaters of Little Swamp Creek 6.5 miles northeast of Nimrod. S1/2 of NE1/4 of NW1/4 of section;;137N;32W;07

Latitude/Longitude: 46.6999618 -94.7780255

Verbatim Coordinates: 46.6999618° N,94.7780255° W;collector

Habitat: Gently-rolling drumlin plain. Local in conifer swamp in fairly extensive inter-drumlin peatland complex. Uncommon in narrow zone of black ash swamp on outer margin of peatland surrounding a large tamarack swamp. Canopy of fairly dense, but multi-aged Fraxinus nigra. Understory of F. nigra and Alnus incana. On raised hummocks in saturated peat over sand. Trees to 40 feet tall and 10 inches d.b.h. Additional associates include Viburnum lentago, Betula x sandbergii, Ribes hirtellum, Parthenocissus inserta, Rub

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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