United States, Michigan, Jackson, Mt Hope Road Fen
42.3101 -84.2086
257 meters (843ft)
Prairie fen dominated by Carex, Asteraceae, and grasses but encroachment by shrubs (Rubus, Cornus, Betula, Toxicodendron vernix). A few pockets and walls of shrub-carr and wooded fen. Evidence of some management. Hummocky in areas from Carex stricta, other areas dominated by other Carex and Dasiphora fruticosa. In Carex meadow with encroaching shrub layer of Cornus. 100m east of Mt Hope Road. 50m from northern border of fen. Ground uneven, moist but not wet.
Population - Very common in area, found one flowering clump. Some stems are more red. Flowers are erect open panicle, blue-purple, 12-15cm tall.