Herbarium Label


  • Herbarium ID: SSMF
  • Accession Number: 008439
  • Scientific Name: Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak
  • Family Name: Orchidaceae
  • Location: Site 78-21 (5). Approx. 8 km SE of Winisk, 19.25 km from coast, SW coast of Hudson Bay, Ontario.
  • District Located: Kenora
  • Longitude/Latitude: 85.06944W / 55.09583 N
  • Habitat: A raised black spruce peat plateau in a patterned fen. Vegetation dominants include Picea mariana, Cladina stellaris, Ledum groenlandicum, Empetrum hermaphroditum.
  • Notes: Water pH 6.0, conductivity 61 umhos, depth to water table 12 cm, depth of peat 73 cm.
  • Collector: R.A. Sims
  • Collection Number: 2068A
  • Collection Date: 07/22/1978
  • Determined by: R.A. Sims
  • Annotation by: [no data]