Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 986353

Occurrence ID: 2a3494a9-2402-4b81-9d88-5487b1f9aa64

Secondary Catalog #: 1409445

Taxon: Arceuthobium pusillum Peck

Family: Viscaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 15/May/2016

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL7330

Date: 2016-05-15

Verbatim Date: 15 May 2016

Additional Collectors: Lee, Zakariah; Lee, Mark

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Cook, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Moderately rugged bedrock terrain along the Canadian border 42 miles northwest of Grand Marais, on a small (~1/4-acre) island in Saganaga Lake, between Voyageurs and Blueberry Islands.

Latitude/Longitude: 48.2304723 -90.90726759

Verbatim Coordinates: 5344034N 655408E; T66N R5W sec1

Elevation: 437 meters Verbatim Elevation: 1435 feet

Habitat: Quite local. Dense infestation here on small Picea mariana trees, in a sparsely-treed bedrock woodland. Partial shade beneath a patchy canopy of Pinus strobus. Thick moss carpets dominated by Pleurozium schreberi. Many dead black spruce trees here, apparently killed by this dwarf mistletoe infestation. "Witches' brooms" are present on many trees, both live and dead.

Associated Taxa: Additional associates include Chamaedaphne calyculata, Vaccinium angustifolium, Juniperus communis.

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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