University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Bryophytes
Catalog #:
WIS-B-0022760
Taxon:Sphagnum rubellum Wilson Family: Sphagnaceae
Collector:
Dale H Vitt 24419
Date: 1979-06-22
Locality:
Canada, British Columbia, Skeena-Queen Charlotte, Pitt Island, Along South shore of Holmes Lake.
54.2 -129.766667
Verbatim Coordinates:
54-12'N, 129-46'W
Verbatim Elevation:
near sea level
Habitat:
In coastal rain forest and associated blanket bog a1ong 1ake shore. Dominant plants are Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Tsuga mertensiana, and Gaultheria shallon, with scattered Alnus sinuata. Blanket bog dominated by Sphagnum indbergli, S. papillosum, and S. tenellum, with Siphula ceratites in the mud bottoms.