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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Catalog #: v0261545WIS
Taxon: Carex leptalea subsp. leptalea Wahlenb.
Family: Cyperaceae
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Collector: Smith, S. Galen; Carpenter, Quentin J.   7745   
Date: 1987-06-10
Verbatim Date: 1987-06-10
Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Walworth, Whitewater. NE of the CTH P bridge, SE of Bluff Creek in the "Bluff Springs" area (headwaters of Bluff Creek), ca. 4 miles SE of Whitewater; fen (Bluff Creek Fen II)
42.8027681  -88.68498821 +-569m.
Verbatim Coordinates: T04N R15E sec14 SE4;
Georeference Remarks: Latitude/Longitude was derived from the Township, Range, Section location. This causes an imprecision.
Habitat: Rich calcareous prairie fen, a large peat mound mostly dominated low shrubs and Carex spp. Especially important species: Carex stricta, Pentaphylloides floribunda, Betula pumila, Cornus stolonifera, Eupatorium maculatum, Carex spp., Schoenoplectus acutus. Species collected here on this date: Carex granularis, C. hystericina, C. leptalea, C. sterilis, C. stricta, Panicum, Scirpus pendulus. Forming a dense mat, long, arching culms rooting at tips; dominant in very wet soil in one small area in the highest elevation of the fen.
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Record Id: 386280a2-85f9-4e32-9dbc-099fdbf32d35
Occurrence ID (GUID): 92c1e726-bc78-402f-8832-011789e31b84
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)
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