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Catalog (Accession) #: 965320
Occurrence ID (GUID): 4d641a90-6bd4-44dc-aab9-1f42d8d87f8e
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1375989
Taxon: Danthonia spicata (L.) P. Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes
Family: Poaceae
Determiner: Lee, Michael (11-Jul-10)
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL5259   
Date: 2010-07-11
Verbatim Date: 11 July 2010
Additional Collectors: Milburn, Scott
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Cook, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Rugged bedrock terrain in the Misquah Hills, 17 miles north-northwest of Grand Marais. T64N R1W SW1/4 of SE1/4 of SE1/4 Sec. 32
47.97689309  -90.47311686 +-6m.  NAD1983
Verbatim Coordinates: 5316822N 688572E; T64N R01W sec32
Elevation: 671 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 2200ft
Habitat: Occasional quite locally atop an 80- to 150-foot high, west-facing, granitic cliff southeast of Misquah Lake. Dry setting; in thin soil on extremely steeply sloping bedrock that here consists of a series of narrow, stair-step ledges. Mostly in full sun; some partially shaded by Pinus banksiana and Sorbus decora. Forms small loose clumps amongst Cladina lichens and Polytrichum mosses.
Associated Species: Additional associates include Agrostis scabra, Carex tonsa, Woodsia ilvensis, Antennaria howellii, Saxifraga virginiensis, Viola adunca, Potentilla tridentata, P. norvegica, Diervilla lonicera.
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Rights Holder: Bell Museum
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Record Id: 4d641a90-6bd4-44dc-aab9-1f42d8d87f8e
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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