Betula populifolia Marshall

PLANTS OF MICHIGAN
SPECIES: Betula populifolia Marsh.
COUNTY: Wayne
MUNICIPALITY: Brownstown Twp.
TOWNSHIP: 04S RANGE: 10E SECTION: 18
SUBSECTION: S 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4
LATITUDE: -
LONGITUDE: -
LOCATION: East of Inkster Road; south of King Road.
HABITAT: Sandy, moist field.
ASSOCIATES: Andropogon virginicus (common);
Achillea millefolium (common);
Pycnanthemum virginianum (common);
Solidago rugosa (frequent); Polytrichum
commune (very common); Rubus
setosus; Coreopsis trypteris; Daucus
carota; Rhus copallina; Aletris farinosa;
Rudbeckia hirta; Solidago nemoralis;
Lysimachia quadrifolia.
ABUNDANCE: Locally common in this field.
DATE: 17 August 2001
COLLECTOR: W. W. Brodovich
NUMBER: 1330
NOTES: 4 inch diameter x 18 ft. taH tree. Could
#	Michigan's "B. populifolia" actually be B.
platyphylia var. japonica escaped from nursery
stock?
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