Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.

Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Plants of Iowa
Besseya bullii (Eaton) Rydb.
Bremer Co.: Polk Township T93N R14W Sec 8 NE4 NW4
NW4 and NW4 NE4 NW4
Site is located approximately 3 miles NNE of Plainfield and
0.1 mile E of the Cedar River. Jackson Cemetery, a small
(less than 0.5 acre) cemetery on the S side of a gravel road
and surrounded on 3 sides by woods. Cemetery is mowed,
so much of it is disturbed. Cemetery is dominated by
several large red cedars, Juniperus virginiana. Soil here is
Chelsea sand, 0-5% slopes (ChB), an Alfic Udipsamment.
Cemetery is on the Iowan Surface.
1000+ genets, many of them with multiple inflorescences
and infructescences. Flowers were light yellow in color.
Genets were scattered throughout most of the cemetery, but
were densest in the center. With Achillea millefolium, Carex
pensylvanica, Draba reptans, Poa pratensis and Taraxacum
officinale.
Mark J. Leoschke 1231
12 May 1991
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