Kitten Tails (Besseya bullii)

Picture of Kitten Tails

Synonym:

Status: threatened in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: prairies, barrens, and open woods

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Dry Prairie, Dry-Mesic Prairie, Oak Opening, Sand Prairie
Curtis: Dry Prairie, Dry-Mesic Prairie, Oak Opening, Sand Prairie
Kotar: NA
Forest Cover:

Range: Dane, Green, Jefferson, Pierce, Polk, Racine, Rock, St. Croix, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha

Comments:

Phenology: flowers late April to late May

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown, p.3:238/p.3:239
Gleason 1963, p.627
Gleason 1991, p.484
Zimmerman, p.100/p.101

Last Revised: June 12, 2006