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Accession Number 97845 Scientific Name Carex atherodes Spreng. View Species Details » Common Name awned sedge Family Cyperaceae Collected By Nicholson, B. J. Date Collected 1988-06 Place Collected North America: Canada, Alberta, Elk Island National Park Place Collected Details

Elk Island National Park, Alberta. 37 km east of Edmonton, Hwy 16. Tall shrub zone of Betula pumila surrounding a moderate rich fen (site 12) pH 7.4. Center of the fen is Salix dominated, with a dense understory of…

Elk Island National Park, Alberta. 37 km east of Edmonton, Hwy 16. Tall shrub zone of Betula pumila surrounding a moderate rich fen (site 12) pH 7.4. Center of the fen is Salix dominated, with a dense understory of Carex lasiocarpa, C. chordorrhiza and Calamagrostis canadensis, Brachythecium mildeanum, and Drepanocladus polycarpus. Betula zone also contains Carex atherodes, Petasites sagittatus, Rubus acaulis, Potentilla palustris, and Caltha palustris.

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