Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 973351

Occurrence ID: 6f18589e-8814-4093-981a-c60ca053e77f

Secondary Catalog #: 1398904

Taxon: Myosotis scorpioides L.

Family: Boraginaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael (07/May/2012)

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5820

Date: 2012-05-07

Verbatim Date: 7 May 2012

Additional Collectors: Aaseng, Norm; Anderson, Chel

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Dakota, Ordway Field Station, Macalester College; Along the Mississippi River at River Lake, Inver Grove Heights.

Latitude/Longitude: 44.808628143 -93.0217382458

Verbatim Coordinates: 4961692N 498281E; T27N R22W sec23

Elevation: 210 meters Verbatim Elevation: 690 feet

Habitat: Local at the base of steep east- (to quite locally south-) facing bluffs. Occasional here in a small (~1/4-acre) groundwater seepage zone dominated by Nasturtium officinale, especially along the more degraded margins of the seep. Gently-sloping, sunny setting on the river bank, a few feet above river level. Wet sandy substrate, often with a shallow organic cap. Pale blue flowers.

Associated Taxa: Additional associates include Mimulus glabratus, Veronica catenata, Impatiens capensis, Caltha palustris, Phalaris arundinacea.

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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: 6f18589e-8814-4093-981a-c60ca053e77f

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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