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Accession Number 98730 Scientific Name Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. View Species Details » Family Cyperaceae Collected By Weerstra, Holcroft Anne Date Collected 1994-07-19 Collector Number PG 638 124 Place Collected North America: Canada, Alberta, Sheep River Place Collected Details

North of Sheep River Trail and west of Gorge Creek. Large, open willow-dwarf birch/wire rush-sedge meadow at 1600 m elevation. The terrain hummocky and the moisture regime hygric, with some standing water. …

North of Sheep River Trail and west of Gorge Creek. Large, open willow-dwarf birch/wire rush-sedge meadow at 1600 m elevation. The terrain hummocky and the moisture regime hygric, with some standing water. Associated species include: Salix serissima, S. glauca, Betula pumila, Potentilla fruticosa, Carex rostrata, Deschampsia caespitosa, Juncus balticus, Calamagrostis strica and Geum allepicum.

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