Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 972913

Occurrence ID: 6a747531-ddc2-49f6-8433-423d094d72a9

Secondary Catalog #: 1398466

Taxon: Carex prairea Dewey

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 04/Jun/2012

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5876

Date: 2012-06-04

Verbatim Date: 4 June 2012

Additional Collectors: Texler, Hannah

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Stearns, Rolling till plain along County Road 11, three miles north-northwest of St. Martin.

Latitude/Longitude: 45.5436843017 -94.7004550622

Verbatim Coordinates: 5044756N 367252E; T124N R32W sec15

Elevation: 363 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1190 feet

Habitat: Locally frequent in a degraded calcareous fen, in a heavily grazed pasture just east of the road. Deep saturated marl (with abundant coral-like tan to gray concretions in the upper part of soil profile) on a buoyant peat dome raised 2-5 feet above the adjacent gentle slope. Large dense clumps, often in patches. Full sun.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Carex interior, C. stricta, Phalaris arundinacea, Typha xglauca, Parnassia glauca, Equisetum arvense, Packera aurea, Caltha palustris, Thalictrum dasycarpum, Eupatorium maculatum.

Specimen Media

Open Medium 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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