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Catalog (Accession) #: 972968
Occurrence ID (GUID): 9b1b4780-c0db-4eae-bcef-e73f104d1d9a
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1398521
Taxon: Carex backii W. Boott
Family: Cyperaceae
Determiner: Lee, Michael (31/May/2012)
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL5861   
Date: 2012-05-31
Verbatim Date: 31 May 2012
Additional Collectors: Kerns, Courtney
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; On the northern shore of the eastern portion of Moose Lake, in rugged bedrock terrain 18 miles east-northeast of Ely.
48.00972835  -91.476774799
Verbatim Coordinates: 5318504N 613603E; T64N R9W sec22
Elevation: 433 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 1420 feet
Habitat: Uncommon and local on the steep, 120-foot, southeast-facing, upper slope of a narrow bedrock ridge. Partial shade of Pinus resinosa and P. strobus in bedrock woodland above large shoreline cliffs. Thin soil and detritus over metasedimentary rock (Knife Lake group). Several small clumps here.
Associated Species: Associates include Cladina sp., Carex tonsa var. rugosperma, Danthonia spicata, Poa pratensis, Woodsia ilvensis, Commandra umbellata, Aquilegia canadensis, Fragaria virginiana, Arabis pycnocarpa, Symphoricarpos albus, Amelanchier humilis.
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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.
Record Id: 9b1b4780-c0db-4eae-bcef-e73f104d1d9a
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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