University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Bryophytes
Catalog #:
WIS-B-0022080
Taxon:Sphagnum jensenii H. Lindb. Family: Sphagnaceae
Collector:
D. H. Vitt; D.G. Horton, N.G. Slack 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 emergent in thaw pockets, associated with Sphagnum riparium, S. angustifolium, and Carex aquatilis. Thaw pockets sporadic in subarctic woodland on permafrost in vegetation dominated by Picea mariana, Betula Ledum groenlandicum, L. palustre, Sphagnum fuscum, Sphagnum nemoreum, Cladonia rangiferina, and C. mitis.