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Catalog (Accession) #: 971165
Occurrence ID (GUID): fcc6c06f-5c73-436c-a27a-f4d2c763444a
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1394638
Taxon: Salix exigua Nuttall
Family: Salicaceae
Determiner: Nee, M. (2019)
Collector: Nee, M.H.   65060   
Date: 2019-07-04
Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Crawford, 2 km NW of Petersburg, below Hwy. S, just E of Sandhill Road Junction, 2.75 km (by air) SW of Bell Center. Floodplain of Halls Branch creek.
43.280972  -90.858611
Verbatim Coordinates: 43d16m51.5s N 90d51m31s W
Elevation: 215 meters (705ft)
Habitat: Old fields and pastures, now DNR public hunting and fishing land
Associated Species: Acer negundo, Populus deltoides, Juglans nigra, Salix nigra, Salix eriocephala, Salix exigua, Phalaris arundinacea, Apios americana
Description: Slender tree 15 m. tall, 13 cm. in diameter, 22 years old, about the maximum size in this colony (clone or clones); stems single or 2–3 in spaced clumps, perhaps the young colony mowed off years ago when this area was farmed. Bark shallowly furrowed, tight. Sapwood very pale; heartwood light tan, ± sharply delimited, with narrowly triangular heartwood segments radiating outwards, common in Salix. Pistillate.
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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Record Id: fcc6c06f-5c73-436c-a27a-f4d2c763444a
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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