Pinus banksiana Lamb.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Wisconsin

• County/Municipio

  Grant Co.

• Locality

  E side of Paffenrath Road, ca. 200 meters N of Hwy. 3. 3.3 miles W of junction with Hwy. 80 i Muscoda. 3 miles E of Blue River

• Township, Range, Section

  8N, 1 W, 9 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

• Elevation

  Alt. 170 m. (558 ft.)

• Coordinates

  43.1894, -90.5086

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of U.S. A.
Pinaceae Pinus banksiana Lamb.
det. M. Nee, 2010
Wisconsin, Grant Co., E side of Paffenrath road, ca. 200 meters
N of Hwy. 133, 3.3 miles W of junction with Hwy. 80 in
Muscoda, 3 miles E of Blue River.
43°H’22”N, 90°30’31”W alt. 170m.
T 8 N; R 1 W; WM NW14 sect. 9.
Young, thin stand, scrubby woods of Pinus banksiana, Juniperus
virginiana, Quercus velutina, Betula nigra, on sterile sand, somewhat
undulating, evidently stabilized dune fields on otherwise flat dry
terrace of the Wisconsin River valley. All the Pinus banksiana are
less than 10 m. tall and 18 cm. in diameter, undoubtedly a natural
stand with good reproduction. No stands or even isolated trees noted
along Hwy. 133 west of here to Blue River and Boscobel even though
there is much of the same habitat of dry sand plains with former
prairie, and there are many healthy plantations of Pinus resinosa and
P. strobus. This is probably the southwestemmost stand of P.
banksiana along the Wisconsin River sand plain, and near the
extreme SW limit of the range of the species. Cones remain on the
trees for several years, but they seem to open within a year or two,
and the persistent cones are open and without seeds. The W side of
Paffenrath Road is a large cultivated field on somewhat flatter
terraine.
Small tree, less than 10 m. tall, 18 cm. in diameter.
Coll.: M. Nee 57001
29 Dec. 2009
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