Taxon: Carex richardsonii R.Br.
Family: Cyperaceae

Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; Cochrane, Barbara A.   9005   

Date: 1980-05-04

Verbatim Date: 1980-05-04

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Dane, "Pasque Flower Hill" or Raymond Rd Prairie, a 5.8 tract of the Univ. Wisc. Arboretum, on Raymond Rd. at Gammon Rd., midway between Madison and Verona.

43.02914236  -89.51104558 +-285m.

Verbatim Coordinates: T06N R08E sec02 NW4NE4;

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

Habitat: Upper half of prairie. With Bouteloua curtipendula, Andropogon scoparius, Sporobolus heterolepis, Carex abdita, C. meadii, Ranunculus rhomboideus, Amorpha canescens, Dodecatheon meadia. Xeric prairie. With Sporobolus heterolepis, lesser amounts of. Sorghastrum, Panicum praecocius, P. leibergii. More or less steep hillside with thin (sandy silt loam, 2-3 in deep) calcareous soil and fragments of limestone bedrock (Platteville dolomite) at the surface. Very common. Dominant, at least at this time of the year, in terms of number of individuals.

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Record Id: 38b34862-2d3f-425d-ace4-5a3b9dda39ee

Occurrence ID (GUID): bf2dc854-52d4-4655-ba63-80494a382867

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