Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Flora of Iowa
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.
Emmet County: Emmet Township T100N R34W Section 34 NW4NE4NW4SE4
An approximately half acre calcareous fen, owned by Ms Armella O’Brien, is
found in a pasture east of County Road N26. It is about 2.5 miles north-
northwest of the intersection of State Highways 4 and 9 in Estherville. The fen
is east of a stream that is a tributary of the West Fork of the Des Moines River
and on the Des Moines Lobe. It is on a west-facing gentle slope, about 0.1
mile southeast of a house. The best portion of the fen is the south one-quarter.
The soil in the fen appears to be a muck. The soil above the fen is Storden-
Salida complex, 5 to 14 percent slopes, moderately eroded (639D2). Storden
is a calcareous Typic Udorthent and Salida is a sandy-skeletal Entic Hapludoll.
1000+ ramets are found growing on the moist banks of a spring-fed brook in
the south one-quarter of the fen. Here Scleria verticillata is associated with
Eriophorum anaustifolium. Gentianopsis procera. Lobelia kalmii.
Pvcnanthemum virainianum and Rhvnchospora capillacea. 2000+ ramets
occur north of the brook, where Scleria verticillata is common on the edges of
small pools.
Mark J. Leoschke 709	July 27,1988
Bob Moats
John Pearson
Collected for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
02903668