Taxon: Juniperus horizontalis Moench
Family: Cupressaceae

Collector: Hansen, Bruce F.; Nee, M., Phillips, Marc N.   4656   

Date: 1976-09-23

Verbatim Date: 1976-09-23

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Pepin, along CTH BB, 7.5 mi E of Durand

44.63453133  -91.79960762 +-285m.

Verbatim Coordinates: T25N R12W sec23 SW4NE4;

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

Habitat: Rocky dry bluff prairie on south and southwest facing hill tops. Little disturbed and with excellent diversity. Other species found growing with Hansen, et al.: Rocky dry prairie on S-facing hilltops, with Andropogon scoparius, A. gerardii, Sporobolus heterolepis, Bouteloua hirsuta, B. curtipendula, Carex eburnea, Petalostemum candidum, P. purpureum, Muhlenbergia racemosa, M. cuspidata, Liatris cylindracea, L. aspera, Aster oblongifolius, A. ericoides, A. azureus, A. sericeus, Celastrus scandens, Euphorbia corollata, Amorpha canescens, Prunus pumila, Kuhnia eupatorioides, Coreopsis palmata, Linum sulcatum, Artemisia caudata, Solidago nemoralis, Oxybaphus hirsutus, Asclepias viridiflora, and on rock outcrops Pellaea glabella and Campanula rotundifolia. Invaders around the edges of the prairie include Populus tremuloides, P. grandidentata, Corylus americana, Betula papyrifera, Quercus borealis, and Rhus typhina. At the lower prairie/forest interface are found Juniperus communis, Juniperu Forming dense 6 X 6 m mat on shaded hillside, just below prairie.

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Record Id: 4a12fcd9-f166-43e3-ba13-ecb0a19ea3b6

Occurrence ID (GUID): 5d89d855-754a-4a9b-914c-ff348591b47a

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