Eriocaulon nigrobracteatum E.L.Bridges & Orzell

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Eriocaulon nigrobracteatum Bridges and Orzell
Bay County: Deep muck quaking seepage herbaceous bog (poor fen),
near transmission line r-o-w, on slope just NW of r-o-w crossing on
Little Sandy Creek, ca. 0.8 air mi upstream from mouth at Sandy
Creek, ca. 6.7 air mi NE of Farmdale; SEQ, NWQ, NWQ Sec. 36, T4S,
R12W, Allanton 7.5' Quad.; 30°05'47" N, 85°24'12" W; Elev. 13-20
ft. Soils - Pamlico - Dorovan (Terric and Typic Medisaprists). Common
in seep-spring runs and in open mucky areas, with water-soil matrix pH
of 4.7 to 4.9, dominated by Pieoa tenuifoUa, Rhynchospora
stenophy/la, and R. macra. Other associates include Balduina uniflora,
Carphephorus pseudoHatris, Chaptalia tomentosa, Cliftonia monophylla.
Drosera tracyi, Eriocaulon compressum. Lobelia puberula, Oxypolis
fUiformis, Panicum nudicaule, Pinguicula planifolia. Polygala cruciata,
Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rhynchospora oligantha, Sabatia
macrophylla. Sarracenia psittacina, Syngonanthus flavidulus, Utricularia
subulata, Xyris baldwiniana, and X. drummondii.
Published in Phytologia 74:104-124. 1993. PARATYPE.
Steve L. Orzell and Edwin L. Bridges 16306	9 April 1991
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