Carex backii Boott

Kingdom

Plantae

Division

Magnoliophyta

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

All Determinations

Carex backii Boott
Note: Basionym

Carex durifolia L.H.Bailey
Note: nome novum for Carex backii, nome superfl.

Type Details

isotype of Carex durifolia L.H.Bailey

isolectotype of Carex backii Boott

Region

North America

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

Locality

Carlton House

Location Notes

From wikipedia (24 June 2014): The third Fort Carlton was built on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan at the Great Crossing Place, a ford of that river. The area was prairie and not beaver country, but there were plentiful woods nearby and even a supply of limestone. The NWC had its Fort La Montée inside the same stockade as Fort Carlton. In 1816 the Nor'Westers moved out and established a second Fort La Montée on the north bank 3 miles upstream. With the union in 1821 La Montée was abandoned and whatever could be salvaged was rafted down to Fort Carlton. In 1824 a group of Plains Indians tried to attack the fort but were driven off. By 1835 the buildings were in disrepair and a new hexagonal fort was built 200 yards to the west. This fell into disrepair and a new fort was built a few yards east of the first fort in 1855-58. About this time it was a depot for the winter express mail. Men coming from the upper Saskatchewan and Athabasca would meet and exchange mail with men coming from the Red River country south of Lake Winnipeg. There was a smallpox epidemic in 1869. Steamboats arrived on the Saskatchewan in 1874.

Distribution

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