Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 973160

Occurrence ID: 6143415f-720c-4d5f-8814-f890f5ae6bc1

Secondary Catalog #: 1398713

Taxon: Lactuca canadensis L.

Family: Asteraceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 23/Jul/2012

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6048

Date: 2012-07-23

Verbatim Date: 23 July 2012

Additional Collectors: Kerns, Courtney

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; Rolling bedrock terrain northeast of Wind Lake, 18 miles northeast of Ely; along a small drainage ~1/3-mile from the lake.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.0269871657 -91.5119048584

Verbatim Coordinates: 5320371N 610946E; T64N R9W sec17

Elevation: 413 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1355 feet

Habitat: Locally common on a subtle ~1/4-acre rise in an old beaver meadow, along a small drainage ~1/3-mile from the lake. Mesic, rocky, loamy soil, ~2 feet above the wetland. Full sun to partial shade of young Picea glauca, in a savanna-like setting. Most plants are browsed. The meadow is recovering from past flooding; large dam was breached prior to 1991.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Lactuca biennis, Ranunculus pensylvanicus, Potentilla norvegica, Viola novae-angliae, Anaphalis margaritacea, Geum aleppicum, Dryopteris cristata, Dendrolycopodium hickeyi, Agrostis scabra, Rubus strigosus.

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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