United States, Minnesota, Saint louis, Superior Nat'l Forest., 23 mi. NE of Orr, MN, ~.25 mi N of Spring Lake.
48.38 -92.64
T068N R18W sec10
421 meters
1380feet
In rock outcrop areas of bedrock-controlled ridge w/in matrix of conifer woodlands (FDn22 and 33).
Associates: Vaccinium angustifolium, Amelanchier sp., Danthonia spicata, Eurybia macro, Schizachne purpurascens, Fragaria, virginiana, Maianthemum canadense. Quercus rubra and P. strobus at margin of openings.
Patches frequent.Plant #s vary by location some w/at least 30 individuals; many flowering. Also at 48.383122/-92.642348.; Trailing and rooting at tips in sunny conditions from Pleurozium schreberi.