Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 965240

Occurrence ID: bc5e5b44-1d9f-469d-8211-e093b894587d

Secondary Catalog #: 1375907

Taxon: Celastrus scandens L.

Family: Celastraceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 13/Sep/2009

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5124

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 NE1/4 of SW1/4 of NW1/4 Sec. 16 (near center of NW1/4 Sec. 16)

Latitude/Longitude: 47.94413488 -90.59389426

Verbatim Coordinates: 5312893N 679673E; T63N R02W sec16

Habitat: On the extremely steep mid-portion of a 220-foot, south-facing slope above the west end of Vernon Lake. Local, forming dense, tangled thickets at the upper margin of a zone of open talus, below 60- to 90-foot basalt cliffs. Rooted amongst talus blocks mostly ~6-18 inches in diameter. Climbing over shrubs and small trees, to 8 feet high. Full sun to partial shade of Betula cordifolia, Abies balsamea, and Populus tremuloides.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Parthenocissus inserta, Corylus cornuta, Toxicodendron rydbergii, Rosa acicularis, Polygonum scandens.

Specimen Media

Open Medium File

Open Large File

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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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