Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 977376

Occurrence ID: 1795a0b9-009f-4936-88cb-78c33f9578bc

Secondary Catalog #: 1402960

Taxon: Carex hystericina Muhlenberg ex Willdenow

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael (26/Jun/2013)

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6281

Date: 2013-06-26

Verbatim Date: 26 June 2013

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Stearns, St. Wendel "Bog". Large peatland complex between County Roads 3 & 4. Strongly rolling till plain five miles north-northwest of St. Joseph.

Latitude/Longitude: 45.63418441 -94.35423194

Verbatim Coordinates: 5054296N 394450E; T125N R29W sec17

Elevation: 338 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1110feet

Habitat: Occasional in tamarack swamp. Patchy to quite open canopy of mature Larix laricina; abundant snags due to tree mortality in past ~10-15 years. Patchy understory of Ulmus americana, Betula papyrifera, and Alnus incana. Partial shade. Firm to buoyant wet peat. Loose clumps. Maroon basal sheaths.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Carex interior, C. leptalea, Aster puniceus, Geum rivale, Senecio aureus, Mitella nuda, Cirsium muticum, Cypripedium reginae, Platanthera aquilonis, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Ribes triste, Rhamnus alnifolia, Cornus stolonifera, Toxicodendron rydbergii.

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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.

Record ID: 1795a0b9-009f-4936-88cb-78c33f9578bc

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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