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Taxon: Spiranthes casei var. casei Catling & Cruise
Family: Orchidaceae

Collector: Leoschke, Mark J.   1392   

Date: 1993-08-20

Verbatim Date: 1993-08-20

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Barron, Bear Lake. Site approximately 8.5mi E-NE of the town of Cumberland on E side of 14th Street.

45.56570683  -91.86550896 +-285m.

Verbatim Coordinates: T36N R12W sec33 NW4NW4NW4;

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

Habitat: Side of gravel road on a gentle, W-facing slope above a ditch in what appeared to be a sandy loam. The soil survey indicates that Freeon silt loam, 2-6% slopes, moderately well drained, occurs here. It is a silty soil that is 12-36inches thick over sandy loam glacial till. The sand the orchids occur in may be a subsoil exposed by road construction. Assoc.: Achillea millefoilum, Fragaria virginiana, Polystrichum sp., Prunella vulgaris and Rudbeckia hirta. There were 37 ramets. Their phenology ranged from all flowers in bud to about half the flowers open. The flowers were white. The back of the throat of the flowers appeared to be light yellow.

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Record Id: b29be2d5-03d0-4b72-9496-e53077fcabc1

Occurrence ID (GUID): 923333a5-bc7d-4c3d-8da0-5f04330816a5

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