Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 973369

Occurrence ID: cfce8666-daa8-4e13-801a-09f07ef4b9ca

Secondary Catalog #: 1398922

Taxon: Carex chordorrhiza Ehrhart ex L. f.

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 08/Jun/2011

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5553

Date: 2011-06-08

Verbatim Date: 8 June 2011

Additional Collectors: Johnson, Jason

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Clearwater, Red Lake Indian Reservation; Extensive wetland complex south of Fourth Lake - Butcher Knife Creek, nine miles north-northeast of Clearbrook.

Latitude/Longitude: 47.80921633 -95.32711352

Verbatim Coordinates: 5297717N 325774E, 5297675N 325796E, 5297694N 325740E; T150N R37W sec13

Elevation: 364 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1195 feet

Habitat: Common in shallow pools (flarks) and along wildlife trails in a large water track in a patterned rich fen complex. Also on slightly higher areas (strings). Deep, quaking, saturated sedge peat. Mostly in full sun (to partial shade of stunted Thuja occidentalis, Larix laricina, Picea mariana). Grows singly or in loose patches.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Carex livida, C. lasiocarpa, C. buxbaumii, Trichophorum cespitosum, T. alpinum, Menyanthes trifoliata, Sarracenia purpurea, Utricularia intermedia, U. minor, Equisetum fluviatile, Betula glandulifera, Potentilla fruticosa.

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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