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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Catalog #: v0243829WIS
Taxon: Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin.
Family: Poaceae
Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; Carpenter, Quentin J.   12809   
Date: 1992-08-25
Verbatim Date: 1992-08-25
Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Dane, Lake Waubesa Fen, at Big Spring between Swan Creek and Murphy's Creek on the SW corner of Lake Waubesa, ca. 3000 ft E of Lalor Rd, halfway between (5 miles NNE of) Oregon and (5 miles due S of capitol in) Madison
42.99341225  -89.35179924 +-569m.
Verbatim Coordinates: T06N R10E sec07 SE4;
Georeference Remarks: Latitude/Longitude was derived from the Township, Range, Section location. This causes an imprecision.
Elevation: 258 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 846 ft
Habitat: (Calcareous) fen, sedge-dominated mat-like zone near lakeshore, with Carex sterilis (dominant), C. lasiocarpa (subdominant), C. prairea, Chelone glabra, Aster borealis, Bidens coronata, Cirsium muticum, Eupatorium maculatum, Galium labradoricum, Gentiana procera, Lobelia kalmii, Lycopus uniflorus, Lythrum alatum, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Parnassia glauca, Salix candida, S. pedicellaris, Spiranthes cernua, etc. Unusually dwarfed like many of the herbs and some grasses (and shrubs?) at this site, a phenomenon observed in other high-carbonate fens.
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Record Id: d2e60638-1a10-4d35-a778-d99cef7a5725
Occurrence ID (GUID): 32113527-7a3a-4947-8a35-33241bc1b4d7
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)
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