Viola macloskeyi F.E. Lloyd

Idaho: Bonner County: Private land, Lee Lake, 2 mi NE of Coolin. Elev. 710 m.
T59N R04W S11 SW
Datum: NAD 27. Uncertainty: 800 meters. Coordinate Source: TRS2LL.
Ca. 5 h lake; surrounded by peatland complex. Floating Sphagnum mat immediately surrounding the lake dominated by Carex lasiocarpa, C. rostrata, Menyanthes trifoliata, and Kalmia microphylla. Extensive shrub carr surrounding floating mat dominated by Betula glandulosa and Spiraea douglasii. Littoral regions of the lake characterized by rhizomatous stands of several aquatic macrophytes including Potamogeton amplifolius, Nuphar polysepalum in water 1dm-2 m deep. Shrub carr disturbed, particularly on the N side due to draining activities, although floating mat remains relatively undisturbed. Surrounding forest mixed with Pinus contorta, Tsuga heterophylla, Picea engelmannii, Larix occidentalis, Pinus monticola, and Thuja plicata being prominent. Water chem.: pH 7.4, hardness (mg/L as CaCO3) 20.9, alkalinity (mg/L) 21, conductivity 45 mmhos, Ca 6.4, Mg 1.3, K 0.8 (all mg/L). In wet depressions near mat margins with C. lasiocarpa and C. cusickii. Also on Sphagnum hummocks on mat margin forming an almost solid cover. Few, scattered. Phenology: Flowers.

R. Bursik 1038, May 18, 1988
With M. Mancuso
ID, Accession: 159337, Barcode: ID081998