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Description: Carex castanea, chestnut sedge, collected by Theodore S. and Barbara A. Cochrane on June 23, 1994. Boreal forest-like woodland (Thuja occidentalis-1 dom., Betula papyrifera-2 dom., Populus tremuloides 3 dom.) on gentle slope bordering large white cedar swamp; groundlayer association: Pteridium aquilinum, Carex castanea, C. gracillima, C. granularis, C. pedunculata, Cyperipedium pubescens, Pyrola asarifolia, Geum rivale, and Populus balsamea seedlings. Loosely cespitose, shoot bases 1-4 centimeters apart; largest clump with 24 fertile culms plus 41 sterile shoots, 12.9 dm across. Occasional in understory, locally frequent in snowmobile trail. 31N 28E (not 24E as incorrectly shown on the label), Section 29 NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 North edge of Mud Lake State Wildlife Area, 800 ft. S of Lime Kiln Rd., 1.9 mi. due southwest of North Bay, 5.0 mi. due north of Bailey's Harbor, Town of Baileys Habor, Door County, Wisconsin
Title: Carex castanea Mud Lake Wisconsin
Credit: http://midwestherbaria.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=20862154&clid=0
Author: Stoneville Weed Science Laboratory Herbarium, Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center, Stoneville, Mississippi, as of January 2012, it has been part of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science; entire herbarium is public domain[1]
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