At UV moth light.
Jefferson's Complex salamander brought up from the cellar by cat. Released unharmed outdoors near the foundation where salamanders enter for the winter.
Jefferson's Complex salamander brought up from the cellar by cat. Released unharmed outdoors near the foundation where salamanders enter for the winter.
M.J. Oldham & S. Managhan # 1504, specimen record, replicates at MICH 1388811, TRTE0011569, NHIC# 05949 (home); identified as Carex x sullivantii by A.A. Reznicek 1983; ; first collection for Canada; cited in Oldham & Crins (1988. Can Field-Nat 102(3): 500-507)
In an interdunal swale. All inflorescences still enclosed in the sheathes, but shedding matured spikelets when exposed. Lower branches of the inflorescence about 4 cm long, with spikelets nearly to the base, but not densely crowded like in posted iNat observations from the desert Southwest [for S. compactus].
On xeric mixed sand and fine gravel, mapped by USGS as Palmyra gravelly sandy loam, receiving some salt spray from the highway in winter.
Culms to 55 cm, larger with multiple inflorescences, spikelets about 2.4 mm, achenes flattened. Well past flowering, very weathered, stunted by this year’s drought.
Infl open panicle; infl branches alternate; spikelets < 3mm; sheath apex hairy
~5 plants growing alongside Asclepias tuberosa and Andropogon gerardii in small, remnant prairie patch.
Not exactly where I might expect to find it -- northern hardwoods, but not particularly rich in calcium (best I can tell).
On edge of Jack Pine Plantation just outside of Grayling, Mi. Could not locate in either Butterflies of Michigan or Swift Gd to Butterflies. Puddling with a group of Blues and Skippers but lone sighting.