Malus coronaria (L.) Mill.

• 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

AMERICAN CRABAPPLES
COLLECTED AND GROWN BY F. B. LINCOLN 1 AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND FARM IN PRINCE GEORGE’S1 COUNTY, MARYLAND
West of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and one mile southeast of the
Beltsville field station of the Bureau of Plant Industry
Malus coronaria (L.)Mill,, vel aff.
ORIGINAL SOURCE:
Elk River, Minnesota (the M351k River crab11)
grown by f. b. lincoln from scions sent by N.E. Hansen,
Brookings, S.D., about 1938
description of plant.	about 5 cm. across, very
scarce, already fallen
CYTOLOGICAL DATA OBTAINED BY F. B. LINCOLN (chromosome counts
made on root-tips of seedlings from open-pollinated fruits of this plant):
2n = 51 (6 plants). Seedlings from fruit sent by
Hansen at same time showed 51 (5 plants) and 68 (2 pi.)
COLLECTED BY ROGERS McVAUGH (No. 6636 ) SEPTEMBER 14, 1942
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