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Catalog (Accession) #: 971177
Occurrence ID (GUID): 25d1e3ad-5c0e-41e2-aa5b-f0ff3cd3fe46
Secondary Catalog (Accession) #: 1394650
Taxon: Euonymus atropurpureus Jacquin
Family: Celastraceae
Determiner: Nee, M. (2019)
Collector: Nee, M.H.   65405   
Date: 2019-09-11
Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Grant, 8 km. SW of Boscobel.
43.102778  -90.801111
Verbatim Coordinates: 43d06m10s N 90d48m04s W
Habitat: Thin floodplain forest at edge of Wisconsin River
Associated Species: Quercus bicolor, Acer saccharinum, Ulmus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Laportea canadensis, Smilax tamnoides, Dioscorea villosa, Zanthoxylum americanum, Sambucus canadensis, Rudbeckia laciniata, Menispermum canadense, Euonymus atropurpurea.
Description: Shrub, the only one noticed here, single-stemmed, 2.5 m. tall, 4 cm. in diameter. Fruit pinkish; the bright orange aril only visible when fruit opening when pressed and dried. Both leaves and fruits with fungal spots which are a darker red-purple.
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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: 25d1e3ad-5c0e-41e2-aa5b-f0ff3cd3fe46
For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Dr. George Weiblen (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)
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