Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 981917

Occurrence ID: 82bba4c2-eb20-4aff-bba0-104a6371a703

Secondary Catalog #: 1407762

Taxon: Carex katahdinensis Fernald

Family: Cyperaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 09/Jul/2015

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL6967

Date: 2015-07-09

Verbatim Date: 9 July 2015

Additional Collectors: Smith, Welby

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. On the shores of Basswood Lake in fairly rugged bedrock terrain ten miles north-northeast of Ely, in the southwestern portion of Jackfish Bay.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.0324556383 -91.7412552644

Verbatim Coordinates: 5320674N 593837E, 5320545N 593043E, 5320935N 592990E, 5320455N 593461E; T64N R11W sec9

Elevation: 396 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1300 feet

Habitat: Infrequent and quite local along the lakeshore. Occurring at and just above the upper end of the wave-wash zone, ~12-18 inches above lake level (currently near the spring high mark, up due to recent heavy rains). Shallow substrate, ranging from loamy organics to coarse sand, over boulders and fairly level granitic bedrock. Four colonies encountered, two of these on small islands. 100-150 mostly rather robust clumps. Full sun to partial shade.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Spiraea alba, Lycopus uniflorus, Lysimachia terrestris, L. ciliata, Triadenum fraseri.

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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