Taxon: Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus L.
Family: Ranunculaceae

Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; Cochrane, Barbara A.   11620   

Date: 1988-10-05

Verbatim Date: 1988-10-05

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Waupaca, 0.4mi due E of CTH K between Lake Crystal and Radkey Rds., 7mi (airline distance) SSW of Waupaca. SW shore of Newsome Lake

44.26485457  -89.15372715 +-1138m.

Verbatim Coordinates: T21N R11E sec27 E2;

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

Habitat: Mucky shore of drying lake at water's edge, with Cyperus diandrus, C. engelmannii, Eleocharis intermedia, and Bidens cernua. Marsh, water 4ft. low according to informant due to consecutive seasons of drought, incl. this year's record drought, the normal shoreline marked by a line of Carex stricta tussocks, the exposed bed a very gentle slope that is murky in some places (& dominated by Leersia oryzoides colonies or invaded by millions of sedge, grass, rush, and mint seedlings), sandy (and more open) in others. Main body of marsh, Carex stricta dom., the drier edges w/ Phalaris arundinacea becoming dom., w/ Echinochloa sp., Eleocharis intermedia, Scirpus validus, Polygonum lapathifolium, Verbena hastata, Lycopus americanus [see label]

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Record Id: 7606ca48-34a1-4c98-9a4e-bf403c5b594e

Occurrence ID (GUID): 83b591e1-5696-45da-9825-d85c16d2fc78

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