United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; Rolling bedrock terrain east of Wind Bay, Basswood Lake, 16 miles northeast of Ely; in a large bay southeast of Lincoln Island.
48.0354472423 -91.5615392437
5321241N 607228E; T64N R10W sec12
398 meters
1305 feet
Local on a small (2-acre) island. Canopy of Quercus macrocarpa, Thuja occidentalis, Acer rubrum, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and Betula papyrifera. Level to gently sloping mesic settings within a few feet of the lake level (the island has little topographic relief). Loamy soil. Abaxial leaf surface varies from entirely glabrous on some plants to sparsely hispid on the veins of others.
Additional associates include Viburnum rafinesquianum, Ilex verticillata, Rosa acicularis, Rubus pubescens, Pyrola elliptica.