United States, Minnesota, Cook, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, On narrow peninsula between Pine and McFarland Lakes, in rugged bedrock terrain 16 miles north-northwest of Hovland. T64N R3E SW1/4 of SW1/4 of NW1/4 Sec. 5
48.05959456 -90.09571747
5327005N 716387E; T64N R03E sec05
Locally common in old growth upland cedar dominated by Thuja occidentalis, with scattered Betula cordifolia, Acer rubrum, and Abies balsamea. Patchy understory of Acer spicatum. Level to gently-sloping settings. Mesic silt-loam; thick litter. Stoloniferous, forming loose patches.
Associates include Carex deweyana, C. arctata, C. brunnescens, C. leptonervia, C. deflexa, Osmorhiza depauperata, Dryopteris expansa, Circaea alpina, Clintonia borealis, Linnaea borealis, Trientalis borealis, Maianthemum canadense, Lonicera canadensis.