Taxon: Scleria triglomerata Michx.
Family: Cyperaceae

Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; Botanical Club Wisconsin   14048   

Date: 2001-06-30

Verbatim Date: 2001-06-30

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Monroe, Camp Mccoy. Fort McCoy. N of the railroad corridor N of 18th Lane and W of Quarry Hill Road, 9.5 mi. due W of Tomah, 6.5 mi. NE of Sparta (City Rock 7.5 min. quad.)

43.9922222  -90.6986111

Verbatim Coordinates: 43 59'32"N, 090 41'55"W; T18N R03W sec35 N2NE4SE4;

Elevation: 265 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 870 ft

Habitat: Acid boggy flat, actually a peaty-sandy "borrow pit". Not a distinct community, but an association of intermingled plants of boggy places. Ground cover mostly sedges (Carex stricta-dominant, C. echinata, C. scoparia, Eriophorum virginicum) with sparse small trees (Larix laricina) and saplings (Alnus rugosa, Betula papyrifera); assoc.: Campanula aparinoides v. grandiflora, Castilleja coccinea, Drosera rotundifolia, Hypericum kalmianum, Lysimachia terrestris, Oenothera perennis, Pedicularis canadensis, Osmunda regalis v. spectabilis, Potentilla simplex, Rubus hispidus, Thelypteris palustris v. pubescens, Viola sagittata. Soil: sandy subsoil covered by a thin layer of peaty material (the original topsoil, Dunning Silt Loam, had long since been removed).

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Record Id: cc688ee5-c661-45ea-8c27-2b6936b48658

Occurrence ID (GUID): a6381593-0dd7-48ee-b2fc-c4f0401f23f3

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