Scientific Name: Arctous rubra (Rehder & E.H.Wilson ex Sargent) Nakai
Family Name: Ericaceae
Location: 2 km from coast, SW coast of Hudson Bay approx. 7 km NW of Winisk, Ontario.
District Located: Kenora
Longitude/Latitude: 85.37638W / 55.37638 N
Habitat: Site 78-47(6). A low shrub fen dominated by a low cover of Larix laricina and Betula glandulifera, and a dense ground layer of graminoids, including Carex microglochin, C. rariflora, C. capillaris, and Scirpus cespitosus.
Notes: Water pH 6.8, conductivity 400 umhos, salinity 0.2 o/oo. Depth to water table 5 cm, depth of peat 7 cm.