Cornus amomum Mill.

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Comaceae Cornus amomum Mill,
det. M. Nee, 2016
WISCONSIN, Richland Co., 7 km (by air) NE of center of
Boscobel, S of DNR parking area along Hwy. 60
43°H’23”N, 90°39’51”W. alt. 203 m.
T 8 N; R 2 W; NWWNW'Vi sect. 7.
At entrance to floodplain forest, with Acer saccharinum, Populus
deltoides, Salix exigua, Ribes americanum, Sambucus canadensis,
Ilex verticillata.
Shrub, the stems to 2.5 m. tall, forming a clump with ca. 25 stems
of various sizes in a tight clump, the wood specimen from stem
2.6 cm. in diameter, ca. 7 years old, nearly the largest size before
the stems senesce and are replaced by younger ones. Voucher for
wood specimen, Kw, Lw, MADw, MEXUw. The year-old twigs
coppery and green, those of this year green. Fruit green.
Coll.: M. Nee 63027	4 July 2016
Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
03198132