28 August 2018.
Virginia, United States
Locality: Mt. Rogers Grayson Highlands State Park Visitors Center, Twin Pinnacles trail, Grayson Co. VA
Coordinates: 36.6249, -81.5010
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Elevation: 1499m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Visitors Center Mt Rogers at head of Twin Pinnacles trail along rocky wall behind building. Growing on edge of dense forest of yellow birch, red maple, striped maple, witchhazel, fir, red spruce, cherry, beech, Solidago, Menziezia, Rubus canadensis, lycopodium, Ribes, Smilax, aster, grasses, various herbs and weeds
Comment: Multiple plants seen along Twin Pinnacles trail from Visitors Center, most were tall (4-5 m), open spreading shrubs, with multiple stems up to 5 cm in diameter from crown; some plants with fruit and some without, fruit from glaucous blue to shiny black, many stages of ripening; leaf spot and some mummy berry; most shrubs growing in sunny to partly sunny openings in the canopy although shorter plants were growning around the top of Little Pinnacle in the rocky area. PML notes shaded plants have thinner, longer leaves; JRB notes that this species can have deep roots.
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