Malus baccata (L.) Borkh.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Barnstable Co.

• City/Township

  Cotuit

• Locality

  dry sandy slope, near powerline, between Old Post Road and Sampson Mill Road, Cape Cod

• Elevation

  Alt. 30 m. (98 ft.)

• Coordinates

  41.63, -70.45

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BARNSTABLE CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. var. baccata
Single adventive tree 4 m tall; inner bark
green; branching sparse and strict; immature
fruit green or half-red, orbicular to
depressed-orbicular, 8-9 x 8-10 mm wide;
calx shed, pedicels 22-28 mm long; 3
carpels; leaf lobing faint and rare; bird-
sown in thickets at edge of dry woods, with
Pinus rigida, Quercus alba, Q. nigra,
Sassafrass, Vaccinium pallidum, Prunus
serotina, dry sandy slope, partial shade,
near powerline, between Old Post Road and
Sampson Mill Road, elev. c. 30 m, 41° 38'
N, 70° 27' W, Cotuit, Barnstable, Cape Cod
Coll. Peter F. Zika 18590 6 August 2003
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