University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Bryophytes
Catalog #:
WIS-B-0022078
Taxon:Sphagnum jensenii H. Lindb. Family: Sphagnaceae
Collector:
D. H. Vitt s.n.
Date: 1976-08-20
Verbatim Date: 1976-8-20
Locality:
Canada, Alberta, Division No. 17, Caribou Mountains, 2.0 mi. SE of E shore of lake 6 mi. SE of Eva Lake.
58.816667 -114.95
Verbatim Coordinates:
58°49'N,114°57'W
Elevation:
945 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
3100 ft
Habitat:
Forming extensive mats submerged in thaw pockets, associated with Carex aquatilis. Thaw pockets sporadic in subarctic woodland on permafrost in vegetation dominated by Picea mariana, Betula, Ledum groenlandicum, L. palustre, Sphagnum fuscum, S. nemoreum, Cladonia rangiferina, and C. mitis.