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Taxon: Sphenopholis intermedia (Rydb.) Rydb.
Family: Poaceae

Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; Tans, William E.; Cochrane, Barbara A.   7615   

Date: 1976-07-23

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Waukesha, Adjoining Ottawa Lake. Southern Unit of Kettle Moraine St. Forest Scientific Area, 4.5 mi (by air) N of Eagle.

42.94313838  -88.480924 +-285m.  170604

Verbatim Coordinates: T06N R17E sec34

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

Habitat: Gorgeous, extensive wet fen on deep marl with marginal shrub swamps adjoining lake on all sides, the latter a 2-lake + streams complex remnant in an old glacial lake basin. Lake itself = 20 acres, with pH 7.8 & total alkalinity (ppm CaCO3) 265. Additional data for Cochrane, et al. 7608-7616, 7623: Narrow, relatively dry zone between lakeshore wet marsh and gravel fill of old, never completed roadbed. Associates: Triglochin palustris, Sphenopholis intermedia, Scirpus americanus, Eleocharis pauciflora, Rhynchospora capillacea, Carex hystericina, Salix discolor, S. candida, Potentilla fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Epilobium sp. (abundant), Campanula aparinoides, Lobelia kalmii, Eupatorium perfoliatum, and Solidago ohiensis.

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Record Id: e1d3884b-9e3c-4119-8a2e-901a6328e2d8

Occurrence ID (GUID): ca76940a-f95b-11e2-9dec-002590257708

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