Dendrolycopodium hickeyi (W.H. Wagner, Beitel & R.C. Moran) A. Haines
Lycopodiaceae
Lee, Michael
24/Jul/2014
Lee, Michael
MDL6584
2014-07-24
24 July 2014
United States, Minnesota, St. Louis, Purvis-Ober Scientific and Natural Area. Rolling to fairly rugged morainal terrain north of the Beaver River, between Highway 169 and Bear Island Lake, eight miles southwest of Ely, on the eastern shore of Purvis Lake.
Local in fairly young mixed mesic forest. Patchy canopy dominated by Abies balsamea, with scattered Pinus strobus, Betula papyrifera, and Picea mariana. Patchy shrub layer of Corylus cornuta. Loose patches with dozens of vertical shoots. Mesic to fairly moist soil with a thick humus layer, in a spot that is within ~two feet of lake level.