Taxon: Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.
Family: Vitaceae

Collector: Nee, M. H.   63757   

Date: 2017-07-13

Verbatim Date: 2017-07-13

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Richland, 3 miles SE of center of Richland Center

43.30875  -90.3305556

Verbatim Coordinates: 43° 18' 31.5" N, 90° 19' 50" W; T10N R01E sec25 SW4SW4; T10N R01E sec26 SE4SE4

Elevation: 235 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 235m

Habitat: Woody vine climbing to top of Celtis occidentalis tree 40 cm. in diameter and 55 years old.

Occurrence Remarks: Stem 4 cm. in diameter, with thick bark, the wood cylinder 2.5 cm. in diameter, the large vessels forming nearly adjacent rings which may be annual rings and then this vine perhaps about as old as the support tree, the bare stem hanging free for the lower 11 m. above the ground, then beginning to produce short (< 1 m. long) flowering side shoots but without any adventituous roots or tendrils. At 14 m. the tree begins to branch and the vine begins being irregularly entwined in the branches, rarely with tendrils with sticky pads toward the top of the tree but these not effective in climbing. Voucher ofr wood specimens at Kw, Lw, MADw, MEXUw, RSAw. Topmost leaves completely skeletonized by japanese beetles (Popillia japonica), those in the shade and interior of canopy not much attacked.

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Record Id: 8aed78ff-34ee-42c6-b6ab-3f5f6dce8e46

Occurrence ID (GUID): 90715eab-aeef-4aeb-99c0-2a2613f39825

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