19 November 2019.
Texas, United States
Locality: Orange County; ; Swamps along Adams Bayou on the property of Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.
Coordinates: 30.1008, -93.7527
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Elevation: 1m.
Environment description: : Trees are found on the edges of semi-permanently inundated swamps associated with Adams Bayou in part shade to full sun of habitat dominated by Taxodium distichum. Soils are fine, saturated with water for long periods of time during the year and, typically, highly prone to extreme cracking in dry cycles.
Associated species: Hibiscus coccineus:Hymenocallis liriosme:Hymenocallis occidentalis:Crinum americanum:Sagittaria lancifolia:Taxodium distichum:Ulmus americana:Nyssa aquatica:Physostegia intermedia:Itea virginica:Acer rubrum var. drummondii:Desmodium sp.:Fraxinus caroliniana:Ambrosia trifida:Iris virginica:Toxicodendron radicans:Sabal minor:Cephalanthus occidentalis:Commelina virginica:Nekemias arborea:Pontederia cordata:Cornus foemina:Liquidambar styraciflua:Salix nigra:Typha latifolia:Vigna luteola:Peltandra virginica:Polygonum pensylvanicum:Rubus trivialis:Ipomoea sp.:Morus alba:Pleopeltis polypodioides:Ludwigia octovalvis:Baccharis halimifolia:Triadica sebifera:Lygodium japonicum:Saururus cernuus:Tillandsia usneoides:Smilax glauca:Lonicera japonica:Rhynchospora corniculata:Quercus virginiana:Ludwigia sp.:Cyperus sp.:Boehmeria cylindrica:Chasmanthium latifolium:Quercus lyrata:Planera aquatica
Soil Texture:
Comment: Plants are single-stemmed, deciduous, irregularly rounded trees. Trees are generally 10 to 12 meters tall. Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound on coarsely branched stems. Seed are borne in a thin husk and are a flattened nut that is round in profile about 2.5 cm long and brown in color.
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