Juncus saximontanus A. Nelson
Annotated by CHF, 5 Sep 2017.

Idaho: Bonner County: Panhandle Nat. Forest; Kaniksu Marsh RNA; ca 8 miles S of Priest Lake. Elev. 2480 ft.
T59N R04E S25 NW
Datum: WGS 84. Uncertainty: 742 meters. Coordinate Source: Digital Map.
Large open Sphagnum fen dominated by Carex lasiocarpa, C. rostrata, Dulichium arundinaceum, and Scirpus acutus surrounded by a shallow moat (0.1 to > 1 m deep which is dominated by Brasenia schreberi, Nuphar polysepalum, and Potamgenton natans. Surrounding forest dominated to the east by P. ponderosa and P. contorta and to the west by P. monticola, Thuja plicata, Abies grandis, Picea ngelmanii, and Tsuga heterphylla. Water chemistries: total hardness 10 mg/l, Ca 2.72 mg/1, Mg 0.78 mg/l. Substrate pH 5.5. Abundance: prominent in small depressed area surrounded on one side by dense stand of Spiraea douglasii stand of C. lasiocarpa. Substrate very moist w/ little moss accumulation. Phenology: Flowers.

R. Bursik 381, Jul 7, 1987
ID, Accession: 96182, Barcode: ID014255