Robinia hispida L.

New York Bota
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02627172
Wisconsin: Columbia County
Fabaceae
Robinia hispida L.
Thicket-covered field (old homesite); poor dry soil
(light brown, looose, fine, sandy, low in organic
matter). Assoc, (around edges of colony): Poa
pratensis dominant, w/ Bromus inermis, Euphorbia
corollata, Melilotus sp., Rosa blanda, Syringa
vulgaris &
Verbascum thapsus. Old lanes, old plantings (Iris
germanica 100 yds. away to N), and cistern cover in
area. Slender crooked branching shrub, taller stems
10-15 ft., smaller ones 2-4 ft.; cor. medium-pink w/
cream-colored central spot (dark rose in bud).
Branching shrub with fan-shaped crown; spreading
aggressively by root suckers, forming a colony 140 ft.
long X 150 ft. wide at N end and X 115 ft. at S end
(main colony 110 ft. long, thinning out southward as
scattered small stems 13--44 in. high).
12N 09E 34 NW4NE4NE4
800 FT.
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City of Portage- E side of U.S. Hwy. 51, 0.4 mi. N of
jet. with N. Star Rd., 0.9 mi. S of jet. with U.S. Hwy.
16, midway between (6 mi. due N of) Poynette and (5
mi. SSE of) Portage.
Collector	Coll. No.
Cochrane, Theodore S.	14606
Cochrane, Barbara A.	27/May/2007
Det./verf.:
02627172