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).
Record Id: b0efa33d-f4c1-4f76-b881-9d938013add9
Occurrence ID (GUID):
cdca4c96-f95b-11e2-9dec-002590257708