Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 981077

Occurrence ID: 31eed14a-cb49-49da-979c-d1acac591373

Secondary Catalog #: 1405994

Taxon: Carex katahdinensis Fernald

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 12/Aug/2015

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL7051

Date: 2015-08-12

Verbatim Date: 12 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, in the northwestern portion of Friday Bay, Crooked Lake.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.2046231606 -91.8067206

Verbatim Coordinates: 5339732N 588660E, 5339739N 588641E, 5339436N 588622E, 5339945N 588298E; T66N R12W sec13

Elevation: 381 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1250 feet

Habitat: Frequent on small, low islets. In shallow lenses of coarse sand and gravel (often with detritus) over granitic bedrock. Level to sloping settings at the upper end of the wave-wash zone, ~2-4 feet above the water line (lake is down ~12-16 inches from early season high mark). Singles and loose colonies of small clumps, dozens total. Mostly in full sun.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Eleocharis elliptica, Dichanthelium implicatum, Agrostis scabra, Deschampsia cespitosa, Euthamia graminifolia, Hypericum majus, Aster lanceolatus, 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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