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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Catalog #: v0108115WIS
Taxon: Eleocharis compressa var. compressa Sull.
Family: Cyperaceae
Determiner: Smith, S. Galen (22Jun2001)
Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; TPE Field Trip   14033   
Date: 2001-06-16
Verbatim Date: 2001-06-16
Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Waukesha, Eagle. Ca. 100 yds. W of Co. Hwy. N directly opposite Paradise Springs parking lot, 0.4 mi. N of its jct. with Wis. Hwy. 59, 1.2 mi. (airline distance) NW of Eagle.
Verbatim Coordinates: T05N R17E sec16 SE4SE4SW4;
Elevation: 262 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 860 ft
Habitat: Long-abandoned wet-mesic field recovering to original prairie; burned this spring. Assoc.: Arnoglossum plantagineum-4 plants in an area 3 X 1 ft. (7 more plants seen along a line to the W over the next 125 ft.), Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata, Fragaria virginiana, Glyceria striata, Poa pratensis, Pycnanthemum virginianum, Ratibida pinnata, Solidago canadensis. Eleocharis compressa, locally common here and there in the area, was the dominant at this spot. BER2004. This tract lies within a large block of DNR-owned grasslands (prairies, sedge meadows, fens, long-abandoned pastures and fields) that has the potential of becoming the largest and richest prairie in the state.
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Record Id: e574bcf8-4566-4596-848a-cb8ec5da0da3
Occurrence ID (GUID): 0991f0a9-b2b4-4dde-9f3a-b3a8e36f91ee
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)
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