Malus

Wisconsin:
Rosaceae
Malus Mill.
Buffalo County
Long-recovering, prairie-like, old fields surrounded by
thickets, the Malus at edge of woody encroachment
with small Quercus ellipsoidalis trees, Rubus
occidentalis, Solidago rigida, Zanthoxylum
americanum, and Iris Ivs. (long-persistent after cult.).
Spreading from cult., the main colony 200 ft. N of a
long-abandoned farm house. Three relatively large
individuals a little farther E, forming a second colony,
and one isolated individual on the RR. right-of-way
some little distance to the N.
Local; colony of 14 or 15 arborescent shrubs from 15
cm (non-flowering, at edges of colony) to 8--12 ft. tall
& 5 cm DBH.; frts. mostly yellowish-red, bright cherry-
red when fully mature. At first big prairie openings S
of Thiboudeau Rd.
TOWN RANGE SECTION
24N 14W 13 SW4SE4NW4
695 ft.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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City of Durand-150 ft. E of old Milw.St.Paul&Pac.
RR. on trail to Stump Lake, between (0.5 mi. E of) the
Chippewa River & (1.0 mi. W of) Wis. Hwy. 25, 5 mi.
SW of Durand.
Collector	Coll. No.
Cochrane, Theodore S.	15118
Cochrane, Barbara A.	25/Sep/2009
N. R. F. field trip	Det./Verif.:
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON HERBARIUM (WIS)
02813334