Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 977241

Occurrence ID: 7476e3d7-bad8-4b15-acd5-aab07e41c28e

Secondary Catalog #: 1402825

Taxon: Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

Family: Viscaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 26/Jul/2014

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6607

Date: 2014-07-26

Verbatim Date: 26 July 2014

Locality: United States, Minnesota, St. Louis, Rolling to fairly rugged terrain between Highway 169 and the Purvis Lake Forest Road, seven miles southwest of Ely.

Latitude/Longitude: 47.84594106053 -92.00050725117

Verbatim Coordinates: 5299661N 574779E, 5299728N 574811E, 5299600N 574774E, 5299568N 574727E, 5299867N 574230E; T62N R13W sec16

Elevation: 165 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1,540feet

Habitat: Occasional to locally common in a ~120-acre spruce bog one mile west-southwest of Twin Lakes. Patchy and often short canopy dominated by stunted Picea mariana. Small to fairly extensive infestation patches here, the larger ones are several acres in size. Growing on the live younger twigs of Picea mariana, where it is often quite abundant. Often producing distorted growth (brooms) on trees with older infestations. Full sun to partial shade. Deep, saturated peat with continuous moss carpets (Sphagnum, Pleurozium).

Associated Taxa: Additional associates include Chamaedaphne calyculata, Ledum groenlandicum, Kalmia polifolia.

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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