The Vascular Flora of Navigation Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River

Authors

S. D. Swanson, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
S. H. Sohmer, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Upper Mississippi River; Navigation Pool 8; vascular flora; Southwestern Wisconsin vascular plants; La Crosse Co., Wisconsin; Vernon Co., Wisconsin; Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge; dredge material flora

Abstract

As a result of comprehensive field work performed during 1975 and 1976 followed by herbarium activities, a complete picture of the composition of the vascular flora of Navigation Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River has been obtained. The area includes a 47.5 km (23.3 mile) section of the Mississippi River between Dresbach, Minnesota and Genoa, Wisconsin. A total of 482 species in 88 families were collected. The Gramineae was the largest family with 33 genera and 63 species, while Carex (Cyperaceae) was the largest genus with 26 species. The flora comprises communities here defined as alluvial forest, willow forest, shrub, sedge meadow, Phalaris meadow, emergent, floating-leaved, submergent, spit and shore, levee, old field, and dredge spoil.

Publication Date

June 1988

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

85

Issue

2

First Page

45

Last Page

61

Copyright

©1978 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Swanson, S. D. and Sohmer, S. H. (1978) "The Vascular Flora of Navigation Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 85(2), 45-61.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol85/iss2/4