Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 972945

Occurrence ID: 3dd8520f-7d0d-44e2-bd13-946d70112aef

Secondary Catalog #: 1398498

Taxon: Pyrola americana Sweet

Family: Ericaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 10/Oct/2012

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6194

Date: 2012-10-10

Verbatim Date: 10 October 2012

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Hubbard, Level to gently rolling sandy outwash 1.5 miles northeast of the Badoura State Forest Nursery, nine miles south of Akeley.

Latitude/Longitude: 46.8724045112 -94.6939816383

Verbatim Coordinates: 5192378N 370909E, 5192346N 370962E; T139N R32W sec11

Elevation: 440 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1445 feet

Habitat: Uncommon in dry jack pine woodland. Interrupted canopy of mature Pinus banksiana. Deep sand with an organic cap. Thick moss carpets dominated by Pleurozium schreberi, with frequent Thuidium and Dicranum. Loose patch of a few dozen plants here, uncommon and sporadic in the vicinity. Inflorescences infrequent. Stems run horizontally atop the sand, below the moss.

Associated Taxa: Additional associates include Danthonia spicata, Oryzopsis pungens, O. asperifolia, Andropogon gerardii, Gaultheria procumbens, Linnaea borealis, Cypripedium acaule, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Vaccinium angustifolium.

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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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