Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. austinii Fernald

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Wisconsin

• County/Municipio

  Grant Co.

• Locality

  Along Hwy. 61, 6 km N of center of Fennimore, small roadside park, just S of the Co. Hwy. T turnoff

• Coordinates

  43.0375, -90.6614

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Cultivated Plants of U.S.A.
Oleaceae Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall
var. pennsylvanica
det. M. Nee, 2008
Wisconsin, Grant Co., along Hwy. 61, 6 km N of center of
Fennimore, small roadside park, just S of the Co. Hwy. T
turnoff.
43°02’15”N, 90°39’41”W. alt. 375 m.
Broad ridgetop with rich soil, not the native habitat of
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Nee 55905—55907, 55909-55910)', all
of this species here are cultivated except for the saplings
collected under no. 55910', both var. pennsylvanica and var
subintegerrima are here.
Tree 12 m. tall, 30 cm. in diameter. Fruit yellow-green,
hanging. Slow-growing twigs of this year 2 cm. long, all
uniformly pubescent; on fast growing twigs of this year to 18
cm. long, the distal half is nearly glabrous and the terminal
petioles nearly glabrous, but the twig pubescent at base.
Coll.: M. Nee 55906
10 Aug. 2008
02500957