Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 965493

Occurrence ID: a3422808-1282-4e97-991a-beed7a494af9

Secondary Catalog #: 1356359

Taxon: Eriocaulon aquaticum (Hill) Druce

Family: Eriocaulaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 30-Aug-10

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5436

Date: 2010-08-30

Verbatim Date: 30 August 2010

Additional Collectors: Wovcha, Daniel

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Cook, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Rolling bedrock terrain southwest of Poplar Lake, 21 miles north-northwest of Grand Marais. T64N R2W SE1/4 of NE1/4 Sec. 15

Latitude/Longitude: 48.02845023 -90.55785624 +-6m. NAD1983

Verbatim Coordinates: 5322348N 682067E; T64N R02W sec15

Elevation: 572 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1875ft

Habitat: Common on the shores of small islands in Meeds Lake. Forming loose to dense patches in pockets of sand and gravel amongst rocks and boulders. Plants are variously submerged in shallow water (to ~36 inches deep) or stranded on the shoreline up to ~12 inches above the water line (lake level is down ~18 inches from the early season high mark due to an extended drought). Specimen is from a stranded setting. Full sun.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Carex lenticularis, Eleocharis palustris, Lobelia dortmanna, Equisetum fluviatile, Juncus pelocarpus.

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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