Taxon: Eleocharis elliptica Kunth
Family: Cyperaceae

Collector: Cochrane, Theodore S.; Smith, S. Galen   14455   

Date: 2005-08-26

Verbatim Date: 2005-08-26

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Waukesha, Eagle. Scuppernong River Habitat Area, 330 yds. due W of CTH N directly opposite the bend where "N" jogs northwestward, 1.6 mi. due NW of the center of Eagle

42.89533188  -88.5005446 +-285m.

Verbatim Coordinates: T05N R17E sec16 SE4SW4NW4;

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

Elevation: 262 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 860 ft

Habitat: Formerly grazed (and/or cultivated?) (up to ca. 50--60 yrs. ago) wetland along tiny, straightened, W-flowing, spring-fed streamlet, supporting semi-natural, calcareous wet prairie; rich dense vegetation, sedge dominated but hardly tussocky and full of herbs. Assoc.: Eleocharis compressa, Euthamia graminifolia (abundant), Helianthus grosseserratus (abundant), Juncus dudleyi (occasional), Liatris pycnostachya (common), Lobelia spicata, Lycopus sp., Pentaphylloides floribunda, Pycnanthemum virginianum (frequent), Solidago gigantea, S. riddellii, and Schizachyrium scoparium. Rhizomes thicker than in Eleocharis compressa and achenes falling less readily than in that sp.

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Record Id: b52bd693-d7e9-44af-b7fe-1972d401d7e3

Occurrence ID (GUID): 80849203-312f-4793-a4c2-d6acc3a767a4

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