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Taxon: Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
Family: Cyperaceae

Collector: Fields, Douglas M.   3512   

Date: 2003-07-07

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Langlade, Owned by Wisconsin BCPL (State Trust Lands), Langlade County, and a private landowner. GPS Coordinates: N45°27'9.3" W089°00'09.5" (general coordinates)

45.4525  -89.0027778  157331

Verbatim Coordinates: 45 27'09"N, 089 00'10"W; T34N R12E sec04

Habitat: Rich to intermediate, wet fen mats bordering two bog lakes, grading to mixed conifer swamp of tamarack, black spruce, cedar, fir, and alder. C. livida was found primarily on the open fen mats and less so in the transition zones between fen mat and conifer swamp. Associated species many and include such rarities as Drosera linearis, Platanthera dilatata, Triglochin maritimum, Arethusa bulbosa, and Epilobium strictum. Carex tenuiflora and Cypripedium reginae are found just off the floating mat under semi-open stunted tamarack/fir/cedar. Other associates include Scirpus hudsonianus, Iris versicolor, Menyanthes, Sarracenia, Calopogon, Pogonia, Potentilla palustris, Drosera rotundifolia, D. intermedia, Scheuchzeria, Utricularia cornuta, Thelypteris palustris, Equisetum fluviatile, Liparis loeselii, Platanthera lacera, Andromeda, Ledum, Chamaedaphne, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Rhynchospora alba, Dulchium, several Carex species, and sphagnum.

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Record Id: 60804f0e-c5ee-477d-a996-70cd96c279cf

Occurrence ID (GUID): c768b9f0-f95b-11e2-9dec-002590257708

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)