Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 976962

Occurrence ID: b9eafefd-51a8-4003-9a17-e07a60e393dc

Secondary Catalog #: 1402542

Taxon: Lycopodium clavatum L.

Family: Lycopodiaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 26/Jul/2013

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6316

Date: 2013-07-26

Verbatim Date: 26 July 2013

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Fairly rugged bedrock terrain north of Jackfish Bay, Basswood Lake, 12 miles north-northeast of Ely.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.05808357 -91.7399327

Verbatim Coordinates: 5323524N 593889E; T64N R11W sec4

Elevation: 399 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1310feet

Habitat: Frequent in the ecotone between a steep, 80-foot, north-facing slope and an open peatland that is recovering from long-past beaver flooding (formerly a poor conifer swamp / spruce bog). Partial shade of Picea glauca, P. mariana, Pinus strobus, P. banksiana, and Betula papyrifera. Thick moss mats (Sphagnum, Pleurozium). Rocky, silty-organic soil. Mesic boreal setting. Consistently with 2 (to 3) stroboli per stalk.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Dendrolycopodium hickeyi, Lycopodium lagopus, Monotropa uniflora, Cornus canadensis, Linnaea borealis, Coptis trifolia, Gaultheria hispidula.

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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