Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 973368

Occurrence ID: 4fbf015b-4b17-4ef6-be44-570cd43fd077

Secondary Catalog #: 1398921

Taxon: Carex chordorrhiza Ehrhart ex L. f.

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 09/Jun/2011

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5568

Date: 2011-06-09

Verbatim Date: 9 June 2011

Additional Collectors: Johnson, Jason

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Clearwater, Very gently rolling sand plain north of the Clearwater River, five miles northeast of Bagley.

Latitude/Longitude: 47.58214075 -95.33782699

Verbatim Coordinates: 5272506N 324210E; T147N R37W sec2

Elevation: 443 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1455 feet

Habitat: Occasional to frequent in broad zone of rich shrub fen surrounding a small (~1/2-acre) pond in the middle of a tamarack swamp. Partial shade of stunted Larix laricina and Picea mariana which are moderately dense here. Plants trailing over carpets of Sphagnum mosses (especially Sphagnum fuscum).

Associated Taxa: Associated vascular plants include Carex lasiocarpa, C. diandra, C. tenuiflora, Eriophorum viridi-carinatum, Sarracenia purpurea, Arethusa bulbosa, Corallorhiza trifida, Menyanthes trifoliata, Andromeda glaucophylla, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Ledum groenlandicum, Betula glandulifera, Lonicera villosa.

Specimen Media

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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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