19 September 2019.
Tennessee, United States
Locality: Carter County; Elizabethton; [Note: GPS coordinates and locality withheld. The state of Tennessee has determined this species to be of conservation concern. Based on the Data Use Agreement between the Arnold Arboretum & the Natural Heritage Program of the Department of Environment and Conservation of Tennessee, location description and coordinates will remain undisclosed.]
Elevation: 546m.
Environment description: Dry south-facing slope with Pinus virginiana, Quercus prinus, Quercus rubra, Carya glabra, Tsuga canadensis; Cliff Ridge Community; sandy soil.
Associated species: Goodyera pubescens:Microstegium vimineum:Pinus virginiana:Quercus sp.:Quercus rubra:Carya glabra:Viburnum acerifolium:Kalmia latifolia:Tsuga canadensis:Tsuga caroliniana:Cypripedium acaule:Gaultheria procumbens:Liquidambar styraciflua
Aspect: ;
Slope: 45 To 90 Degrees;
Soil Texture:
Comment: Tree/shrub; height 10 ft; bark gray, brown with white crescent shaped lichen or spotting, becoming flaky with age; leaves chartreuse, pale green adaxially, generally 10 to 11 leaflets per leaf, leaf surfaces slightly rough to the touch, no obvious odor or flavor; flowers not present; ovoid drupes green, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, with white, brown, or black spots.
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