28 August 2018.
Virginia, United States
Locality: Mt. Rogers Grayson Highlands State Park, Massie parking area entrance to Rhododendron trail, Grayson Co., VA
Coordinates: 36.6334, -81.5089
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Elevation: 1426m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Massie Trail parking area in lawn and along Rhododendron trail. Rocky, moist trail; low-growing shrubs and trees with isolated areas of conifers (fir and spruce), shrubs generally Crataegus, Mt. laurel, maple, with heavily armed R. canadensis, joe pye weed, Solidago, sneeze weed, strawberry, potentilla. Japanese beetle seen.
Comment: Dense, multi-stemmed shrub 3-4 m tall, leaf spot, small fruit at various stages of ripeness.
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