Scientific Name: Arctous rubra (Rehder & E.H.Wilson ex Sargent) Nakai
Family Name: Ericaceae
Location: SW coast of Hudson Bay approx. 1 km SE of the Shagamu River mouth, 0.75 km from coast, Ontario.
District Located: Kenora
Longitude/Latitude: 86.85833W / 55.85833 N
Habitat: Site 78-108 (10). A low shrub beach ridge dominated by Salix spp., Saxifraga tricuspidata, Cetraria nivalis, C. islandica, Solidago multiradiata, and Hedysarum mackenzii.
Notes: Depth to water table 60 cm, depth of peat 4 cm.
Collector: R.A. Sims
Collection Number: 2533
Collection Date: 08/10/1978
Determined by: R.A. Sims
Annotation by: Erich Haber, 1983, Nat. Herb. Can., Ottawa (CAN).