Valeriana edulis Nutt.

Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Flora of Iowa
Valeriana edulis Nutt.
Bremer Co.: Lafayette Township T92N R14W Sec 12 N2 SE4 SE4
NW4
Site is approximately 6 miles SE of Plainfield. Ray Prairie, a private, 8
acre mesic to wet-mesic prairje. The prairie was probably hayed in the
past, but is now inactive and is a good quality prairie. The prairie was
burned in the spring of 1989 by the Bremer County Conservation Board.
The soil here is primarily Clyde clay loam (Ck), a Typic Haplaquoll. The
prairie is on the Iowan Surface.
300+ genets scattered in mesic to wet-mesic prairie. Associated with
Achillea millefolium, Comandra umbellata, Dodecatheon meadia,
Eryngium yuccifolium, Pycnanthemum virginianum, Sorghastrum nutans
and Zizia aurea.
Mark J. Leoschke 1053	18 May 1990
Carole Kern
Kay Klier
Collected for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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