Taxon:Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (Michx.) Nash Family: Poaceae
Determiner: Bruner, Joe L. (1988)
Collector:
Iltis, Hugh H.; Botany 130 Class 6855
Date: 1956-08-11
Verbatim Date: 1956-08-11
Locality:
United States, Wisconsin, Sauk, Merrimac. Owl's Head, an isolated sandstone peak (alt. 1060 ft.) 1 mile N of Wisconsin River and 2 miles E of Merrimac
43.39145812 -89.60578926 +-569m.
Verbatim Coordinates:
T11N R07E sec36 NE4;
Georeference Remarks:
Latitude/Longitude was derived from the Township, Range, Section location. This causes an imprecision.
Habitat:
Steep, open W-facing sandy prairie on talus of sandstone cliff (with large clumps of Juniperus communis var. depressa, J. virginiana, dominated by Bouteloua curtipendula, B. hirsuta, Sporobolus asper, also Scutellaria leonardi, Arabis lyrata, Monarda punctata). Very dry.