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Catalog (Accession) #: 965167
Occurrence ID (GUID): 644b0d38-0a03-4405-abdc-04556f11be33
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1356371
Taxon: Epilobium palustre L.
Family: Onagraceae
Determiner: Lee, Michael (31-Aug-10)
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL5447   
Date: 2010-08-31
Verbatim Date: 31 August 2010
Additional Collectors: Aaseng, Norm
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Cook, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Gently-rolling bedrock terrain south of Meeds Lake, 21 miles north-northwest of Grand Marais.T64N R2W W1/2 of NW1/4 of NW1/4 Sec. 24
48.01780337  -90.53250196 +-6m.  NAD1983
Verbatim Coordinates: 5321225N 683995E; T64N R02W sec24
Elevation: 575 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 1885ft
Habitat: Infrequent in alder swamp along a small drainage north of Allen Lake. Shaded below fairly dense Alnus incana, and scattered Thuja occidentalis, Abies balsamea, Picea mariana, and Betula cordifolia. On Sphagnum hummocks.
Associated Species: Associates include Viola incognita, V. macloskeyi, Trientalis borealis, Dryopteris carthusiana, Rubus pubescens, R. strigosus, Carex leptalea, Calamagrostis canadensis. Wetland impacted by past beaver flooding (old dam ~250 yards to the southeast); was likely a rich conifer (cedar) swamp here in the past.
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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: 644b0d38-0a03-4405-abdc-04556f11be33
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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