Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 967010

Occurrence ID: 9e76314b-d48f-4915-a34d-0adf8b4aca72

Secondary Catalog #: 1359704

Taxon: Carex chordorrhiza Ehrhart ex L. f.

Family: Cyperaceae

Collector: Bosacker, Laura E.

Number: LEB17

Date: 2017-08-30

Verbatim Date: 30 Aug 2017

Additional Collectors: Lee, Michael D.; Rowe, Erika R.

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Beltrami

Latitude/Longitude: 48.25 -94.56

Verbatim Coordinates: Big Bog State Park. 0.2 mi west of Highway 72; 6.6 mi north-northwest of the town of Waskish.; T155N R31W sec12

Elevation: 362 meters (1187ft)

Habitat: Common and evenly dispersed in a poor conifer swamp. Canopy is sparse to patchy and dominated by somewhat stunted Larix laricina and Picea mariana. Full sun to partial shade. Patchy to dense low shrub layer dominated by Rhododendron groenlandicum, Kalmia polifolia, and Chamaedaphne calyculata. Sphagnum moss cover is continuous.

Substrate: Deep, saturated peat.

Associated Taxa: Additional species include Maianthemum trifolium, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Andromeda polifolia, and Carex lasiocarpa.

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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