Besseya bullii (Eaton & Wright) Rydb.

  • Filed As

    Scrophulariaceae
    Besseya bullii (Eaton & Wright) Rydb.

  • Collector(s)

    M. J. Leoschke 572 with Russ Glime, 11 May 1988

  • Location

    United States of America. Iowa. Benton Co. Harrison Township: site is approximately 5 miles east-northeast of the town of Mt. Auburn, about 0.8 mile east of the Cedar River.

  • Habitat

    Grazed woods and fairly open pasture (south of woods). Associated with Achillea millefolium, Poa pratensis, Taraxacum officinale and Tragopogon dubius. Soil here is Chelsea loamy fine sand, 5-9% slopes (63C), 9-18% slopes (63D) and 18-25% slopes (63F), all Alfic Udipsamments. Site is on the Iowan Surface.

  • Description

    Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Collection Notes

    1000+ flowering genets in the sandy pasture and grazed woods (95% of the population is in the pasture). This is one of the largest B. Bullii populations in Iowa. Collected for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

  • Specimen Notes

    IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants status for Iowa: R (Rare).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 28879

    Occurrence ID: 95f77670-3a8f-4833-9b82-5c5488408976

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Iowa

  • County/Municipio

    Benton Co.

  • Locality

    Harrison Township: site is approximately 5 miles east-northeast of the town of Mt. Auburn, about 0.8 mile east of the Cedar River.

  • Township, Range, Section

    T86N, R10W, Sec 15 NW4NW4SW4 & W2SW4SW4NW4

  • Coordinates

    42.2609, -91.9972

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    969

  • Georeferencing Method

    GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to convert Township Range Section coordinates (Public Land Survey System) to decimal degree (high precision).

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

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Ada Hayden Herbarium
Icwa State University
Flora of Iowa
Besseva bullii (Eaton) Rydb.
Benton Co.:	Harrison	Township T86N R10W
Sec 15 NW4NW4SW4 & W2SW4SW4NW4
Site is approximately 5 miles ENE of the
town of Mt. Auburn. Grazed woods and
fairly open pasture (south of woods) about
0.8 mile east of the Cedar River. Soil
here is Chelsea loamy fine sand, 5-9%
slopes (63C), 9-18% slopes (63D) and 18-25%
slopes (63F), all Alfic Udipsamments. Site
is on the Iowan Surface.
lOOQf flowering genets in the sandy pasture
and grazed woods (95% of the population is
in the pasture). This is one of the
largest B. bullii populations in Iowa.
Associated with Achillea millefolium. Poa
pratensis. Taraxacum officinal e and
Traqopocron dubius.
Mark J. Leoschke 572	11	May	1988
Russ Glime
Collected for the Iowa Department of
Natural Resources
00028879