Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 972924

Occurrence ID: c8f80afc-fee6-4632-8927-39480a7ec254

Secondary Catalog #: 1398477

Taxon: Carex richardsonii R. Brown

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 09/Jun/2011

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5570

Date: 2011-06-09

Verbatim Date: 9 June 2011

Additional Collectors: Johnson, Jason

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Clearwater, Gently rolling outwash sand north of the Clearwater River, three miles northeast of Bagley.

Latitude/Longitude: 47.56674413 -95.36459705

Verbatim Coordinates: 5270856N 322145E; T147N R37W sec9

Elevation: 450 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1475 feet

Habitat: Uncommon in sunny openings in jack pine woodland. Patchy canopy dominated by mature Pinus banksiana. Patchy to occasionally rather dense understory of Abies balsamea. Full sun to partial shade. Coarse tan sand with a shallow dark (loamy organic) upper layer. Growing singly or in small loose patches. Often in carpets of Pleurozium schreberi and Dicranum mosses.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Oryzopsis pungens, Schizachne purpurascens, Anemone quinquefolia, Viola conspersa, Polygala paucifolia, Galium triflorum, Diphasiastrum tristachyum.

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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