Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 973257

Occurrence ID: 3387adbc-463b-4883-b33d-b47addacaba2

Secondary Catalog #: 1398810

Taxon: Galium tinctorium L.

Family: Rubiaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 07/Aug/2012

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6079

Date: 2012-08-07

Verbatim Date: 7 August 2012

Additional Collectors: Johnson, Jason

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; Along the south shore of Bailey Bay, Basswood Lake, between Rice Bay and Beaver Island, 20 miles northeast of Ely; near a campsite on the mainland shore opposite Beaver Island.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.0610418509 -91.4877437167

Verbatim Coordinates: 5324191N 612673E; T65N R9W sec34

Elevation: 398 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1305 feet

Habitat: Occasional in a small (~3/4-acre) vernal ash swamp at the back of a small cove. Fairly dense canopy of Fraxinus nigra, and several F. pennsylvanica; with Betula allegheniensis and large Thuja occidentalis on the margin of the wetland. Moist, shallow, organic substrate. Petals white, in 3's; leaf whorls mostly 4's, a few 5's.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Carex arcta, C. intumescens, C. projecta, Scutellaria lateriflora, Equisetum sylvaticum, Mentha arvensis, Climacium dendroides, Sphagnum squarrosum.

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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