Pinus strobus L.

Pinaceae Pinus strobus L.
det. M. Nee, 2019
Cone
WISCONSIN, Richland Co., 3 miles SE of center of Richland
Center.
43°18’29”N, 90°19,43”W. alt. 250 m.
T 10 N; R 1 E; NW14NWV4 sect. 36.
Near base of W-facing slope of small valley, over upper
Cambrian sandstone, soil deep, somewhat sandy. Former
pasture and much gullied when this pine plantation established
in 1962 as a 4-H project.^
Tree 35 m. tall, 60 cm, ip/4j[pgiet^r (both measured). Voucher
for wood specimens at Kw, Lw, MADw, MEXUw, RSAw,
USZw 582, Penn State, the wood specimen from upper trunk
13 cm. in diameter, at 30 m. above the ground. Vigorous thick
twigs from uppermost, unshaded part of canopy, with female
strobili arching-spreading, to open this spring, the leaves
relatively ^Sff and upward-pointing, obviously glaucous-lined.
Thin twigs from heavily shaded branches at 2® m. above the
ground, within the plantation, the leaves much more slender,
spreading, only slightly glaucous.
Coll.; M. H. Nee 64860	15 Jan. 2019
Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
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