14 September 2019.
Georgia, United States
Locality: Walker County; ; Lula Lake Land Trust (south of Lookout Mountain, Georgia): top of Bluff Trail at lookout.
Coordinates: 34.9306, -85.3697
(Map it)
Elevation: 461m.
Environment description: Top of sandstone cliff, xeric ridgetop barren; sandy loam soil.
Associated species: Pinus virginiana:Pinus echinata:Carya pallida:Quercus alba:Rhus glabra:Quercus muehlenbergii:Vaccinium spp.:Pityopsis graminifolia:Juniperus virginiana:Kummerowia striata:Eupatorium sp.:Rubus sp.:Hypericum hypericoides subsp. multicaule:Juncus sp.
Aspect: ;
Slope: 5 Degrees;
Soil Texture:
Comment: Tree; height 22 ft; DBH ca 45 cm; bark black with irregular or rectangular blocks; leaves with shallow lobes more distally disposed; flowers not present; acorns with turbinate caps.
Collector(s): - Deng, Tao, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
- Gao, Xinfen, Chengdu Institute of Biology
- Gapinski, Andrew, Arnold Arboretum
- Halloran, Sean, Arnold Arboretum
- Magnan, Angela, U.S. National Arboretum
- Rubinstein, Jared, Arnold Arboretum
- Wang, Kang, Beijing Botanical Garden