Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Plants of Iowa
Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex. Willd.
Grundy Co.: Fairfield Township T89N R15W Sec 5 N2 SE4
NW4NE4
Site is located approximately 4 miles ENE of Stout. A good
quality, less than 0.5 acre fen on a W-facing slope in a
pasture. Fen is less than 0.1 mile S of a paved county road.
Soil here is Palms muck, 1-3% slopes (221), a Terric
Medisaprist. Fen is in the Cedar River watershed and on
the Iowan Surface.
20,000+ ramets in fruit, growing in saturated muck on the E
and N ends of the fen. S. verticillata was less dense in areas
where Carex spp. were common. Tufa was present at the
surface in areas with S. verticillata. With Carex sp., Cyperus
rivularis, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Lysimachia quadriflora
and Pamassia glauca.
Mark J. Leoschke 999
9 September 1989
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