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Catalog (Accession) #: 965234
Occurrence ID (GUID): ec908de4-7cd7-43f3-a4c1-439e601c328c
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1375901
Taxon: Carex merritt-fernaldii Mackenzie
Family: Cyperaceae
Determiner: Lee, Michael (13/Sep/2009)
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL5118A   
Date: 2009-09-13
Verbatim Date: 13 September 2009
Additional Collectors: Johnson, Jason
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Cook, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Rugged bedrock terrain east of Brule Lake, 18 miles northwest of Grand Marais. T63N R2W N1/2 of SE1/4 of NW1/4 Sec. 16
47.94374868  -90.5900686
Verbatim Coordinates: 5312859N 679960E; T63N R02W sec16
Habitat: On the lower portion of an extremely steep, 220-foot, south-facing slope above the west end of Vernon Lake. Infrequent and local, small clumps in thin soil on rather dry, narrow, lower ledges of a 30- to 80-foot basalt cliff. Partial shade of Thuja occidentalis, Picea glauca, and Betula papyrifera growing at the base of the cliff.
Associated Species: Associates include Solidago nemoralis, Woodsia ilvensis, Saxifraga virginiensis, Campanula rotundifolia, Achillea millefolium, Polygonum cilinode, Potentilla norvegica, Oenothera villosa, Carex foenea, Poa glauca, Rubus strigosus, Ribes oxyacanthoides.
Specimen Images
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.
Record Id: ec908de4-7cd7-43f3-a4c1-439e601c328c
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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