Symphyotrichum boreale (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Love & D. Love
Asteraceae
Clint Pogue
CP389
2014-07-14
United States, Michigan, Jackson, Concord Fen
42.14028 -84.68511
302 meters (991ft)
Large fen with high quality portions on eastern edge. Beautiful large Larix laricina trees shelter very diverse ribbons of fen. Large west portion is dominated by weedy species including Agrostis gigantea. Phalaris arundinacea dominates the fen/woodland interfaces. Bordered on north by creek and on south by woodland upland. In western portion of prairie fen; quadrat located in Acer rubrum and other shrub grove; ground inundated; dominated by Carex stricta, Eutrochium maculatum, Dasiphora fruticosa, Rubus pubescens common in understory.