University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Bryophytes
Catalog #:
WIS-B-0022768
Taxon:Sphagnum rubellum Wilson Family: Sphagnaceae
Collector:
Dale H Vitt 31447
Date: 1984-07-01
Locality:
Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Division No. 7, Gambo, southeast of Gander.
48.766667 -54.233333
Verbatim Coordinates:
48-46'N, 54-14'W
Habitat:
Concentric, raised bog surrounded by a lagg fen. Lagg fen: poor fen dominated by Sphagnum teres, S. squarrosum, S. imbricatum, Carex echinata, C. canescens, C. paupercula, Alnus rugosa, and Drepanocladus exannulatus, with pools of Calliergon giganteum and Eriophorum angustifo1ium; S. nemoreum in transition to bog, dominated by Sphagnum fuscum, S. pulchrum, S. rubellum, S. cuspidatum, S. flavocomans, Gaylussacia dumosa and Chamaedaphne calyculata.