United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; Strongly rolling bedrock terrain south of Basswood Lake, 12 miles northeast of Ely. Occasional along Good Creek between Good Lake and Hoist Bay.
48.00482363 -91.62958302
5317744N 602217E; T64N R10W sec20
398 meters
1305 feet
Narrow strip of ash swamp dominated by Fraxinus nigra. Scattered Alnus incana in tall understory. Ground layer dominated by Carex lacustris. Mostly in narrow zone near the upland margin; often in or near shallow depressions that hold water longer than the adjacent ground. Dark organic silt with a thin peaty cap.
Additional associates include Carex tuckermanii, C. retrorsa, Calamagrostis canadensis, Lysimachia terrestris, Rumex orbiculatus, Thelypteris palustris.