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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Catalog #: v0239069WIS
Taxon: Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale (Kitag.) Tzvelev
Family: Poaceae
Collector: Iltis, Hugh H.   28456   
Date: 1978-07-26
Verbatim Date: 1978-07-26
Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Dane, Madison. Messerschmidt Farm, 1 mile N of Truax Airfield just W of Hwy 51, ca 5 miles NNE from center of Madison
43.15731781  -89.31504879 +-1138m.
Verbatim Coordinates: T08N R10E sec16
Georeference Remarks: Latitude/Longitude was derived from the Township, Range, Section location. This causes an imprecision.
Habitat: Farm. In moist clayey maize field. MASS COLLECTION: v0239054WIS-v0239074WIS. Aggressively weedy annual, 6 (depauperate)-17 dm tall with 1-6 or more stems from one base. Inflorescences (11-)17-55 cm long to (5-)10-42 cm wide, now beginning to shed the black seeds, though many yet green and not quite out of sheath yet, the former heavy with seed and nodding, the latter, esp. in smaller infls. erect and stiffer. (Species, according to Dr. R. G. Harvey, U.W. Agronomist, a bad weed on many farms in Southern Wisconsin, present here for ca. 8 years (!!?), this doubtful, as this is the first collection from state.)
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Record Id: 9bb40cc1-9bee-4015-87d3-02db81a7a8d9
Occurrence ID (GUID): 9cd18808-153c-4aed-8e15-2aa733361dac
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)
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