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 forest dominated by large 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.
Associates include Carex deweyana, C. arctata, C. brunnescens, C. leptonervia, C. deflexa, Dryopteris expansa, Circaea alpina, Osmorhiza depauperata, Clintonia borealis, Linnaea borealis, Maianthemum canadense, Trientalis borealis, Lonicera canadensis.