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Taxon: Carex cristatella Britton
Family: Cyperaceae

Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; Botanical Club Wisconsin,   14665   

Date: 2007-06-09

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Brown, Red Banks Alvar (SNA 332), W side of Hwy 57 just S of Benderville, 5 mi. due SW of Dykesville, 9.3 mi. by rd. NE of jct. I-43 with Hwys 54/57 in the NE corner of Green Bay. West Unit, on Niagara upland overlooking Green Bay.

44.60007385  -87.86022877 +-569m.  170300

Verbatim Coordinates: T25N R22E sec32

Georeference Remarks: Latitude/Longitude was derived from the Township, Range, Section location. This causes an imprecision.

Habitat: Thuja occidentalis woods (Thuja in all size classes, with Betula papyrifera & Tilia americana) developed on low cliffs and steep W-facing slopes of escarpment face. Narrow, slightly swampy, linear depression, mimicking intermittent stream, paralleling bottom of cliffs right where terrain starts to flatten out. Assoc.: Carex radiata, Erigeron philadelphicus, Fragaria virginiana, Glyceria striata, Impatiens capensis, Lycopus americanus, Solanum dulcamara, and Symphyotrichum lateriflorum.

Notes: Rare.

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Record Id: 9efb6fa6-fef4-488c-8148-831c5685fb21

Occurrence ID (GUID): ca696834-f95b-11e2-9dec-002590257708

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