Vaccinium boreale Hall & Aalders.

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Record Level

Institution Code: UNB
Institution ID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15300
Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen
Information Withheld: Location information not published for endangered species.
Data Generalizations: Geographic location is approximate. More precise information may be available for individual samples.

Occurence

UNB Accession No.: 61263
Collectors: Charest, R.
Brouillet, L.
Other Catalogue No.: 96-06
Reproductive Condition: No reproductive structures seen on specimen
Previous Identifications: Vaccinium boreale Hall & Aalders.

Event

Year: 1996
Month: 06
Day: 30
Collection Date: 1996-06-30
Event Date: Y: 1996 M: 6 D: 30
Habitat: Rocky barrens; exposed rocky ridge with 50% heath cover and fractured pebbles; with fruticose lichen, Rhacomitrium, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Vaccinium angustifolium, V. boreale, V. vitis-ideae, most plants are in slight depressions
Event Remarks: buried in lichen to its leaves

Location

Country: Canada
State/Province/Territory: Newfoundland and Labrador
Locality: Bonavista North Dist. Louil Hill North, Terra Nova National Park,
Decimal Latitude (°N): 48.53
Decimal Longitude (°W): -53.93
Coordinate Precision: 0.1
Georeferenced By: Databaser
Georeferenced Remarks: Direct From Spreadsheet - Raw Decimal : 53.9281/48.5306|DMS : 48.31.50/53.55.41|UTM : //|Precision : 4

Taxon

Scientific Name: Vaccinium boreale Hall & Aalders.
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Specific Epithet: boreale
Scientific Name Authorship: Hall & Aalders.
Taxon Rank: Species
English Common Names: Alpine blueberry
Sweet hurts (Newfoundland)
Synonym: Vaccinium pensylvanicum var. alpinum
Taxon Remarks: Native

Measurement Or Fact

Measurement Type: Rarity Rank
Rarity Rank: S1
Measurement ID: http://www.accdc.com/webranks/NBVASC.HTM
Data Entry By: shortt
Created: 2012-09-11
Modified: 2018-01-24