02 August 2014.
Texas, United States
Locality: On Texas State Route 87 north of Burkeville, TX.
Coordinates: 31.1228, -93.7274
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Elevation: 124m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Dry, acidic, mixed coniferous and deciduous woodlands in part shade; soils are sandy loam and very loose. Soils are highly drought prone.
Associated species: Pinus taeda; Smilax bona-nox; Vaccinium arboreum; Ilex vomitoria; Gelsemium sempervirens; Liquidambar styraciflua; Quercus marilandica; Vaccinium stamineum; Hypericum hypericoides; Quercus nigra; Prunus umbellata; Nyssa sylvatica; Euphorbia corollata; Vernonia texana; Vitis rotundifolia; Bignonia capreolata; Liatris sp.; Styrax grandifolius; Crataegus marshallii; Morella cerifera; Callicarpa americana; Desmodium sp.; Rhus copallinum; Tephrosia virginiana
Slope: 1.14576
Comment: DESCRIPTION: Mature plants are multi-stemmed, deciduous, spreading shrub 4 meters tall and 5 meters wide with irregular coarse branching habit. Despite the dry habitat, the foliage is dark green and disease free. Seedlings were found in abundance at the base of a mature female plant in the loose sandy loam soil.; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 2: Newton County; COLLECTOR'S NUMBER: RJLTX082014-002; MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT WILD COLLECTION: Species frequent but not abundant in any location. Female plants are uncommon to find. Type of biomass collected: seedlings.;
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