University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Bryophytes
Catalog #:
WIS-B-0052179
Taxon:Sphagnum palustre L. Family: Sphagnaceae
Collector:
T. S. Cochrane 8729
Date: 1978-10-06
Locality:
United States, Wisconsin, Fond Du Lac, Spruce Lake Bog, 2 mi. NW of Dundee, 6 mi. NE of Campbellsport, N of Airport Rd. & W of Vista Dr.
43.669353 -88.199984 +-819m.
Verbatim Coordinates:
TRS: T14N R19E sec 23 NW1/4
Georeference Remarks:
pattern: SPRUCE LAKE
Habitat:
Good quality dense closed stand of swamp conifer forest (Larix laricina-Picea mariana-) w/ many bog shrubs (Aronia. Ilex. Alnus, Ericaceae) and acid bog plants (orchids, sedges, Smilacina trifolia, Drosera rotundifolia); Sphagnum capillifolium the ground cover dominant. Appears like a n. bog in a relatively s. loc.; isolated stems buried in cushion of Sphagnum capillifolium group