15 June 2019.
Kentucky, United States
Locality: Powell County; ; Red River Gorge (south), southeast end of Gritter Ridge, near the edge of a dry sandstone cliff. [GPS coordinates provided for four out of seven total separate collection sites, all within 200 m of one another; only the first represented in the primary record. The rest are provided later.]
Coordinates: 37.7673, -83.7476
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Environment description: Located near the edge of a dry sandstone cliff. Growth location was exposed and in full sun for much of the day.
Associated species: Vaccinium stamineum:Vaccinium pallidum:Kalmia latifolia:Sassafras albidum:Nyssa sylvatica:Schizachyrium scoparium:Smilax glauca:Rhus copallinum:Pinus virginiana:Pinus rigida
Comment: The trees grew in a close cluster of shoots resembling a bush in shape. Trunk diameter ranged from 1 cm to 3 cm in width.
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