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Taxon: Carex limosa L.
Family: Cyperaceae

Collector: Goggin, Patrick O.   00166   

Date: 2001-08-08

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Florence, Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area (No 305) within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Eagle River-Florence Ranger District, 495 acres. Also located in T39N,R15E, Sec. 34.

Verbatim Coordinates: T39N 39N R15E 15E sec28 33

Habitat: Wetland contains a 44 acre pristine soft water bog lake surrounded by and open mat that supports an annual and diverse flora. Ringing the lake is a wide, open mat of spaghnum moss, sedges, rushes, and low ericaceous shrubs. Locally, the mat composition is quite unusual, with species such as bog club-moss, horned bladderwort, and a bulrush assuming dominance; some rare plants include bog arrow-grass (Triglochin maritimum), dragon's-mouth orchid (Arethusa bulbosa), and two sedges, livid (Carex livida) and small-headed bog sedge (C. tenuiflora).

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Record Id: 3061c8b2-2802-4afd-a5ea-b253e70f5fce

Occurrence ID (GUID): b14f9b98-f95b-11e2-9dec-002590257708

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Stephanie Lyon (Stephanie.Lyon@uwsp.edu)