United States, Minnesota, Lake, North Shore. Lake County ... Along the shore of Lake Superior at the new Silver Bay Marina just south of Silver Bay ... Pellet Island which is connected to mainland by 1/2-mile long, rip-rap brakewater ... T55N R7W NW1/4 of NE1/4 Sec. 7 (irregular section). 055N 07W 7
47.269217 -91.279172 +-969m.
In crevices and on ledges of north, southwest, and east-facing, rhyolite cliffs which rise up to 50 feet to form margin of this small bedrock island. Not present on most of weedy interior of island which is an active herring gull nesting colony. Mostly in full sun. Associates include Poa sp., Trisetum spicatum, Draba arabisans, Achillea millefolium, Campanula rotundifolia, Potentilla norvegica Woodsia ilvensis, Rumex acetosella, Matricaria matricarioides.