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Taxon: Morus alba L.
Family: Moraceae

Collector: Nee, M.   62921   

Date: 2016-05-18

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Richland, 3.8 km. E of Gotham along CTH J, Button Bluff, NE of Button Cemetery

43.2194444  -90.2469444

Verbatim Coordinates: 43° 13' 10" N, 90° 14' 49" W; T09N R02E sec34

Elevation: 219 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 219 m

Habitat: Wisconsin River valley at base of bluffs, nearly flat cultivated fields, the soil somewhat sandy. Tree growing up in fencerow under planted trees of Pinus strobus, P. resinosa, with Prunus serotina, Zanthoxylum americanum.

Notes: Tree 18 cm. in diameter, 22 years old; bark furrowed; sap milky; sapwood pale; heartwood yellowish tan and remaining so when dried where no exposed to air; freshly cut surfaces turning deep reddish brown and remaining so. Voucher for wood specimens at Kw, Lw, MADw, MEXUw, RSAw. Expanding leaves on the more exposed twigs have been killed by an unusually late freeze. Pistillate and flowering, the staminate individuals in the vicinity are blooming at this time.

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Record Id: 4ee19268-cd19-444b-badb-cfc392ee1264

Occurrence ID (GUID): 509e4cdd-7273-4f8a-8733-a2c2f6bba2f8

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