United States, Minnesota, Wadena, Wadena County...three miles west-southwest of Oylen...T136N R33W NW1/4 of SE1/4 Sec. 28... UTM's: 5158170N 358076E, 5158455N 358046E. 136N 33W 28
46.564794 -94.853431 +-800m. WGS84
Gently-rolling sandy terrain ... in poor fen on margin of poor black spruce swamp. Full sun to partial shade of stunted Picea mariana, Larix laricina, and Pinus banksiana. Dense cover of Ericaceous shrubs including Ledum groenlandicum and Chamaedaphne calyculata. Saturated peat. In continuous carpets of Sphagnum spp. mosses, often on hummocks. Forming dense clumps. Additional associates include Vaccinium oxycoccus, Smilacina trifolia.