Taxon:Carex gravida var. gravida L.H. Bailey Family: Cyperaceae
Collector:
Cochrane, Theodore S.; Westad, Kristin E. 14192
Date: 2003-06-11
Verbatim Date: 2003-06-11
Locality:
United States, Wisconsin, Iowa, Lois Denure property, along N side of & toward W end of Massey Dr., W off of CTH HK, between (1.0 mi. W of) & (0.6 mi. E of) E. Branch Pecatonica River, 4.0 mi. (airline distance) NE of Hollandale
42.928357 -89.905369 +-285m.
Verbatim Coordinates:
42.928357° N, 89.905369° W; T05N R05E sec09 NW4NE4;
Elevation:
290 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
950 ft.
Habitat:
Five-acre dry-mesic prairie remnant, heavily grazed in the past & very weedy, somewhat shrub invaded (mostly Crataegus & Malus, some Zanthoxylum americanum, very little Lonicera), toward bottom of gentle W-facing slope. Poa pratensis dominant, Andropogon gerardii, Bouteloua curtipendula, & Schizachyrium scoparium all very rare, Carex 14192 with Elytrigia repens, Pastinaca sativa (scarce), & Poa pratensis, little else.
Occurrence Remarks:
Very loosely caespitose, 36 fertile culms plus numerous sterile shoots forming an elliptic patch 3 X 2 ft.