Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Idaho

• County/Municipio

  Boundary Co.

• Locality

  Panhandle National Forest; Perkin's Lake. 3 miles N of US Hwy 2, 2 mi. W of Montana state line. Ca. 100 acres of open water with extensive littoral zone...

• Elevation

  Alt. 802 m. (2631 ft.)

• Coordinates

  48.7536, -116.753

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to convert Township Range Section coordinates (Public Land Survey System) to decimal degree (high precision).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
Garden
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO HERBARIUM (ID)
FLORA OF NORTHERN ROCKY
MOUNTAIN PEATLANDS
Rhynchospora alba (L.)Vahl.
State: Idaho; County: Boundary; Panhandle
National Forest; Location: Perkin’s Lake;
ele. 2632'; NE 1/4 section 5, T62N, R3W; 3 mi
N of US Hwy 2, 2 mi W of Montana state line.
Ca. 100 acres of open water w/ extensive
littoral zone w/ dense rhizomatous stands of
Nuphar polysepalum, Brasenia schreberi, and
Potamogeton amplifolius surrounded by
floating Sphagnum mats to the N and E. Shrub
carr community on mat dominated by rather
dense stand of Betula pumila, Alnus incana,
Salix spp., and Spiraea douglasii w/ an
understory of Carex lasiocarpa and C.
rostrata. Water chem.: pH 7.6; alkalinity
45 mg/L; conductivity 97 mmhos; hardness 42.8
mg/L CaC03. Abundance: common in understory
of B. pumila/Alnus sinuata on Sphagnum mat.
Collected by:
R. Mosely 1680
w/ J. Blake
25 Aug 1989
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