Herbarium Label


  • Herbarium ID: SSMF
  • Accession Number: 008257
  • Scientific Name: Andromeda polifolia L.
  • Family Name: Ericaceae
  • Location: Approx. 17 km SE of Winisk, 11 km from coast, SW coast of Hudson Bay, Ontairo.
  • District Located: Kenora
  • Longitude/Latitude: 84W / 55 N
  • Habitat: Site 510. Abandoned Mid-Canada Line radar Station 510, occupying a small inlier of Precambrian diabase-gabbro rock. Collection sites near base of outcrop on the humid, sheltered west and S-west faces in small boggy pockets and plateaus.
  • Notes: Intermediate in hairiness of lower leaf surfaces between A. polifolia and A. glaucophylla.
  • Collector: R.A. Sims
  • Collection Number: 2475
  • Collection Date: 08/10/1978
  • Determined by: R.A. Sims
  • Annotation by: [no data]