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Catalog (Accession) #: 986688
Occurrence ID (GUID): 5f98a175-ddd0-4df9-8021-e7e86f8faa46
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1409781
Taxon: Juniperus communis var. depressa Pursh
Family: Cupressaceae
Determiner: Lee, Michael (04/May/2016)
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL7315   
Date: 2016-05-04
Verbatim Date: 4 May 2016
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Winona, Whitewater Wildlife Management Area. Rugged forested terrain two miles north of Utica, along the South Fork Whitewater River, downstream from Holt Spring.
44.0110597  -91.95993452
Verbatim Coordinates: 4873627N 583371E; T106N R10W sec1
Elevation: 332 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 1090 feet
Habitat: Locally common atop a steep, 200-foot, southwest-facing bluff. Spreading and often many-branched shrubs in a tiny strip of overgrown bluff prairie, in a gently sloping setting just back from the top of a large (~80-foot high), dry cliff. Partial sun to shaded by Juniperus virginiana. Silty soil, fairly shallow to dolomite bedrock.
Associated Species: Additional associates include Schizachryrium scoparium, Carex pensylvanica, C. eburnea, C. richardsonii, Galium boreale, Anemone patens, Smilacina stellata, Symphoricarpos albus, Physocarpus opulifolius.
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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: 5f98a175-ddd0-4df9-8021-e7e86f8faa46
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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