• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Maryland

• County/Municipio

  Prince George's Co.

• City/Township

  Beltsville

• Locality

  West of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and one mile southeast of the Beltsville field station of the Bureau of Plant Industry

• Coordinates

  39.0216, -76.862

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  5381.35

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Located coord of geogr center of Beltsville field station. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of area=linear extent. Input info (including offset 1 mi SE) into MaNIS Georef Calc to find offset coord+uncert.

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Malus coronaria (L.) Miller
E. E. Dickson 15 November 2009
AMERICAN CRABAPPLES
COLLECTED AND GROWN BY F. B. LINCOLN AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND FARM IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND
West of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and one mile southeast of the
Beltsville field station of the Bureau of Plant Industry
MMalu8 platycarpa Rehd.”
ORIGINAL SOURCE:
Barnard. Hill ^ark along Eastern Ave., D.C. - Md. line
GROWN BY F. B. LINCOLN
from scions collected in 1937
DESCRIPTION OF PLANT:
fruit small, pear-shaped
CYTOLOGICAL DATA OBTAINED BY F. B. LINCOLN (chromosome counts
made on root-tips of seedlings from open-pollinated fruits of this plant):
2n 3: 68 (10 plants)
COLLECTED BY ROGERS McVAUGH (No. 6639 ) SEPTEMBER 14, 1942
(nos. 6638 and 6640 came originally from the same
locality)
02812787