Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott

3g
US
conifer forest (Larix laricina—
Picea mariana, latter at its so.-mostr limit
in Wis.) w/ many bog shrubs (Aronia, Ilex.
Alnus, Ericaceae) & acid bog plants (orchids,
sedges, Smilacina trifolia. Drosera rotundi-
folia); Sphagnum capillifolium the ground
cover dominant. Appears like a no. bog in a
relatively^ so. loc. Avg. tree size l-5"dbh.
SPRUCE LAKE BOG NATIONAL NATURAL LANEMARK,
N of Airport Rd. & W of Vista Dr., 2 mi.
NW of Dundee (T14N, R19E, Sec. 23 NW%).
and B. A. Cochrane
ADDITIONAL DATA FOR COCHKAJVE & UUtiilKANJE, g/zo;
Locally common, occurring as small patches
and isolated plants in shallow water, marshy
E shore of lake. Appearing as if native
but presumably a recent introduction. Only
Wisconsin station. Plant bases very spongy,
from deep-seated vertical rootstocks; fruit-
ing spadices subglobose to ovoid or lance-
ovoid, variable in size and shape, 6.0-12.2
cm long, 29-59 mm in diameter when fresh, the
spathe gelatinous inside; berries at first
green, becoming sufused with maroon-brown
toward base, finally greenish-black, broadly
obovoid, a larger one 15 mm long, 12 mm wide,
11 mm thick when fresh.
ASSOCIATED SPECIES FOR COCHRANE & COCHRANE
Carex pseudo-cyperus, Dulichium arundinaceum
Zizania aquatica, s.l., Typha latifolia,
Pontederia cordata, Aronia melanocarpa,
T. S. Cochrane No. 8726
& Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera. No. 8726
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