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Taxon: Salix nigra Marshall
Family: Salicaceae

Collector: Nee, M.   61281   

Date: 2014-07-05

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Richland, 3 mi. SE of center of Richland Center; floodplain of Pine River

43.3077778  -90.3436111

Verbatim Coordinates: 43° 18' 28" N, 90° 20' 37" W; T10N R01E sec35

Elevation: 216 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 216 m

Habitat: Floodplain of river, along bike trail, formerly a railroad line, with Salix nigra, Acer saccharinum, Quercus ellipsoidalis, Q. macrocarpa.

Notes: Tree, 9 m tall, 15 cm in diameter, 9 years old, in clumps of up to ca. 10 stems, none larger than this one, in periodically flooded area. Voucher for wood specimen, MADw; flowering material from a different trunk of this same individual collected on 22 May 2014 under no. 61080. Twigs tough in the middle, but very brittle at the base. Pistillate. Fruits sparse; upper vegetative twigs with vigorous growth have more and larger leaves with more prominent stipules. Leaves green above and below.

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Record Id: 8aff4747-3495-418c-87a0-54cb3114f1e9

Occurrence ID (GUID): 65fb97cf-1824-4d9a-91b5-5defa5072eca

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