Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 977255

Occurrence ID: 7b165cf0-2b89-41f0-a3dc-86f93a4e7842

Secondary Catalog #: 1402839

Taxon: Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Family: Ericaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 26/Jul/2014

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6606

Date: 2014-07-26

Verbatim Date: 26 July 2014

Locality: United States, Minnesota, St. Louis, Rolling to fairly rugged terrain south of Highway 169, west of Twin Lakes, seven miles southwest of Ely.

Latitude/Longitude: 47.84759320901 -92.00841521408

Verbatim Coordinates: 5299837N 574185E, 5299818N 574127E, 5299871N 574208E; T62N R13W sec17

Elevation: 162 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1,530feet

Habitat: Local near the margins of a small (one-acre) bog pond, in a ~150-acre peatland (mostly a stunted spruce bog). Mostly restricted to subtly lower and wetter depressional settings within ~20 yards of the pond; this represents ~30% of a much broader depressional zone of low-statured vegetation dominated by Rhynchospora alba. Wet spongy peat. In continuous Sphagnum carpets. Mostly in full sun.

Associated Taxa: Additional associates include Eriophorum virginicum, Carex limosa, Drosera intermedia, Scheuchzeria palustris.

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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