Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 981080

Occurrence ID: f50edc2b-5bbd-438d-b92c-00e71045c144

Secondary Catalog #: 1405997

Taxon: Carex katahdinensis Fernald

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 09/Aug/2015

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL7033

Date: 2015-08-09

Verbatim Date: 9 August 2015

Additional Collectors: Wovcha, Daniel

Locality: United States, Minnesota, St. Louis, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Rolling to fairly rugged bedrock terrain along the Canadian border 20 miles north of Ely, on the shores of Crooked Lake, Saturday and Sunday Bays, and towards Friday Bay.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.2024540807 -91.8205930646

Verbatim Coordinates: 5339475N 587633E, 5339805N 586446E, 5340159N 587009E, 5340074N 584773E, 5341423N 583460E; T66N R12W sec14

Elevation: 381 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1250 feet

Habitat: Infrequent to locally common. In coarse sand and gravel (often with silty cap) in level to sloping settings (often over granitic bedrock) at the upper end of the wave-wash zone, ~2-3 feet above the water line (lake is down ~8-12 inches from the early season high mark). Small, dense clumps; growing singly or in groups (dozens to hundreds). Full sun to partial shade.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Dichanthelium implicatum, Agrostis scabra, Euthamia graminifolia, Oenothera perennis, Hypericum majus, Prunus susquehanae.

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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