Selaginella rupestris (L.) Spring

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Iowa

• County/Municipio

  Muscatine Co.

• Locality

  Wiese Slough Wildlife Management Area. Prairie is about 0.5 mile north of the Cedar River.

• Coordinates

  41.5599, -91.1254

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

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• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

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03506467
Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Flora of Iowa
Selaqinella rupestris (L.) Spring
Muscatine County: T78N R2W Section 18 N2 SW4 SW4
Wiese Slough Wildlife Management Area, owned by the Iowa Department of
Natural Resources. 15+ acre sand prairie, part of which may be a savannah
(open-grown Quercus macrocarpa occur in parts of the prairie). Soil is Alluvial
land, fine silty material over sandy material, 0 to 2 percent slopes (315). Prairie
is about 0.5 mile north of the Cedar River. DNR personnel tried to burn the
prairie in 1974, but there was insufficient litter to carry a fire.
1000+ plants in the north end of the sand prairie. Some plants formed rings,
where the center was dead and the perimeter was alive. With Achillea
millefolium, Asclepias verticillata. Cassia fasciculata. Koeleria cristata.
Monarda punctata and Paspalum ciliatifolium.
Mark J. Leoschke 495	September 4, 1987
Daryl Kothenbeutel
Don Pfeiffer
Tim Thompson
Collected for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources