18 August 2008.
Tennessee, United States
Locality: On west side of Main Street directly across from the Bethel Springs City Hall.
Coordinates: 35.2317, -88.6069
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Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Growing in a saturated slough originating from a nearby spring.
Associated species: Acer rubrum; Woodwardia areolata; Pueraria montana; Parthenocissus quinquefolia; Eutrochium fistulosum; Lonicera japonica; Gelsemium sempervirens; Rubus sp.; Smilax sp.
Comment: SUB-COUNTRY GEO 2: McNairy County; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 3: Bethel Springs; COLLECTOR'S NUMBER: 08MV19; MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT WILD COLLECTION: Seed collected from 15 individuals. This is the northernmost, most interior population of M. virginiana var. australis. Only ca. 20 mature plants remain in this population. Despite species designation as endangered in TN, the portion of the population that borders the road was sprayed with herbicide that caused major damage to the largest, most fecund individuals. Also, Pueraria montana and Lonicera japonica are encroaching at the edges of the population. [Under next collection from the same population, designated 08MV20, was the note "Follicetum b[e]aring yellow fruit collected by one member of the group. Immature seeds."; even though that seed proved immature, there may be an interesting recessive allele for yellow fruit in this population -SBL];
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