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Catalog (Accession) #: 980706
Occurrence ID (GUID): c9a04523-c0b0-4a11-b1c0-dd61d132987d
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1405622
Taxon: Betula alleghaniensis Britton
Family: Betulaceae
Determiner: Lee, Michael (24/Jun/2015)
Collector: Lee, Michael   MDL6884   
Date: 2015-06-24
Verbatim Date: 24 June 2015
Locality: United States, Minnesota, Winona, Along Rush Creek 1.25 miles south of Interstate 90, in rugged bedrock terrain five miles south-southeast of Lewiston.
43.9162593798  -91.8302715439
Verbatim Coordinates: 4863237N 593914E; T105N R8W sec7
Elevation: 268 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 880 feet
Habitat: Quite local at the base of a very steep, 300-foot, northeast-facing bluff. Several trees occur along the rim of 5- to 20-foot high mesic sandstone cliffs in a mesic hardwood forest. Specimen from lower branches of the largest tree, a ~20-foot tall, 14-inch D.B.H. individual with a contorted lower trunk. Also occurring locally at the base of steep north-facing bluffs upstream where associates include Equisetum scirpoides.
Associated Species: Associates include Acer saccharum, Quercus rubra, Ulmus americana, Rubus pubescens, Polypodium virginianum, Cystopteris tenuis, Aquilegia canadensis, Aralia nudicaulis.
Specimen Images
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: c9a04523-c0b0-4a11-b1c0-dd61d132987d
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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