Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 977130

Occurrence ID: e9b60f43-45fd-4fbe-9ff2-f2d04521579c

Secondary Catalog #: 1402711

Taxon: Carex katahdinensis Fernald

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 19/Aug/2013

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6368

Date: 2013-08-19

Verbatim Date: 19 August 2013

Additional Collectors: Wovcha, Daniel

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Fairly rugged bedrock terrain along the Ontario border, 15-19 miles northeast of Ely, along the shores of Basswood Lake.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.09048574 -91.6225999

Verbatim Coordinates: 5327275N 602567E, 5325052N 600815E, 5328097N 604320E; T65N R10W sec32

Elevation: 396 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1300feet

Habitat: Sporadic, occasional to very locally common. Numerous small patches (hundreds of plants total) encountered from the tip of United States Point westward to Basswood Falls and the Jackfish Bay narrows. Small, loose patches, ranging in size from a few clumps to several dozen. In shoreline settings, near the upper end of the wave zone. Typically on rocky points or small islands, in shallow sandy-gravel or detritus over granitic bedrock.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Dichanthelium acuminatum, Deschampsia cespitosa, Aster sagittifolius, Euthamia graminifolia, Spiraea alba.

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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