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Taxon: Packera paupercula var. savannarum R.R.Kowal
Family: Asteraceae

Collector: Kowal, Robert R.   2896   

Date: 1975-05-24

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Richland, 3 mi. SE of Richland Center; Harry & Frieda Nee's farm [owned by their children, including Michael Nee, in 2009]

43.30629006  -90.32832935 +-285m.  186461

Verbatim Coordinates: T10N R01E sec36

Georeference Remarks: Latitude/Longitude was derived from the Township, Range, Section location. This causes an imprecision.

Habitat: Heavily grazed, savanna-like pasture on WSW facing hillside, just E of Nee's barn. With Quercus macrocarpa, Ulmus rubra & Acer rubrum in sward of Poa compressa; with Verbena stricta. Humus-rich, sandy soil on light orange sandstone (which Mike Nee says might be calcareous). Harry Nee said that he had to add K to get best growth of alfalfa in the field below this slope but that Ca was present in adequate amounts for alfalfa.

Notes: Originally collected by R.R. Kowal, 1971 Nov 25; directed to the population by Michael Nee. All originally collected rosette leaves completely glabrous; no adventitious shoots on roots seen. Population "Nee's Farm", individual 2A, grown in Test Garden 2, position F33. Voucher for chromsome count of Individual 3A (not vouchered): 2n = 22 II, 10 cells counted (1972 Mar 31 & Apr 2).

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Record Id: b0efa33d-f4c1-4f76-b881-9d938013add9

Occurrence ID (GUID): cdca4c96-f95b-11e2-9dec-002590257708

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)