Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 965306

Occurrence ID: a1a4cb4f-b1e5-4c9e-8c14-56c136817251

Secondary Catalog #: 1375975

Taxon: Carex oligosperma Michaux

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 8-Jul-10

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5243

Date: 2010-07-08

Verbatim Date: 8 July 2010

Additional Collectors: Milburn, Scott

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Cook, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Strongly rolling bedrock terrain in the Misquah Hills southwest of Misquah Lake, 17 miles north-northwest of Grand Marais.T63N R1W NW1/4 of SW1/4 of NW1/4 Sec. 6

Latitude/Longitude: 47.97056052 -90.51068954 +-6m. NAD1983

Verbatim Coordinates: 5316027N 685791E, 5316054N 685795E; T63N R01W sec6

Elevation: 614 meters Verbatim Elevation: 2015ft

Habitat: Local, occasional to frequent in a small (~5-acre) basin southwest of Globe Lake. Loose to dense patches in sedge fen. Quaky saturated peat; sometimes in shallow water. Often in carpets of Sphagnum mosses. Full sun.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Rhynchospora alba, R. fusca, Carex echinata, C. michauxiana, C. lasiocarpa, C. utriculata, Dulichium arundinaceum, Muhlenbergia uniflora, Viola pallens, Drosera intermedia, D. rotundifolia, Utricularia cornuta, U. intermedia, Myrica gale.

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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