Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 973040

Occurrence ID: 1173a853-fcc5-44f8-bb4c-0bdb1674eb12

Secondary Catalog #: 1398593

Taxon: Carex rostrata Stokes

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 09/Aug/2012

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6087

Date: 2012-08-09

Verbatim Date: 9 August 2012

Additional Collectors: Johnson, Jason

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; Rolling bedrock terrain southeast of Basswood Lake, 18 miles northeast of Ely; on the western end of Manomin Lake.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.0382029121 -91.4970791174

Verbatim Coordinates: 5321639N 612027E, 5321636N 612028E; T64N R9W sec9

Elevation: 408 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1340 feet

Habitat: Locally common in a fairly extensive poor fen. Forming loose to dense patches, occasionally as the dominant cover, in portions of the broad (100-300 feet wide) open fen zone bordering the lake. Full sun. Deep, wet, buoyant peat. Continuous Sphagnum carpets. Foliage with a subtle blue hue.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Carex limosa, Scheuchzeria palustris, Sarracenia purpurea, Vaccinium oxycoccus, Chamaedaphne calyculata, Andromeda glaucophylla, Myrica gale.

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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