Cirsium muticum Michx.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Iowa

• County/Municipio

  Howard Co.

• Locality

  Just west of dith and Saint Avenue plus east of deciduous forest. It is approximately 9 miles south/southwest of Cresco and on the Iowan Surface.

• Township, Range, Section

  97N, 12W, 12 NE4 SE4 NE4 SE4

• Elevation

  Alt. 361 m. (1184 ft.)

• Coordinates

  43.2344, -92.1993

• Geodetic Datum

  NAD83

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Flora of Iowa

Cirsium muticum Mlchx.

Howard County T97N R12W Section 12 NE4 SE4 NE4 SE4

UTM (NAD83,15T) 565021 East, 4786943 North

43° 14’ 3.97384” North, 92° 11 ’ 57.3984” West Elevation 1185 feet

A power line right-of-way occurs just west of a ditch and Saint Avenue plus
east of a deciduous forest. It is approximately 9 miles south/southwest of
Cresco and on the Iowan Surface. There are 20+ Cirsium muticum in bloom
plus two large vegetative genets in wet-meslc prairie In the right-of-way. The
corollas are medium purple-red. The collection comes from a genet that is
1.78 meters tall. Cirsium muticum is associated with Aster umbellatus.
Parthenocissus auinouefolia. PoduIus tremuloides. Prunus americana.
Rudbeckia laciniata. Rudbeckia triloba. Solidaao aiaantea. Spartina pectinata.
Spiraea alba. Viburnum lentaoo and Vitis riparia.

Mark J. Leoschke 2763

August 23, 2008

Collected for the Wildlife Bureau of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources

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