21 September 2018.
Hubei Sheng, China
Locality: Shennongjia Forest District; Muyuping; Guanmenshan.
Coordinates: 31.4398, 110.3841
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Elevation: 1315m.
Environment description: Vertical cliff along road. Growing in humus over rocks.
Associated species: Acer campbellii subsp. flabellatum:Acer tenellum:Actinidia sp.:Aucuba japonica:Berberis veitchii:Carex sp.:Chimonanthus praecox:Dipteronia sinensis:Iris japonica:Lilium leucanthum:Pittosporum rehderianum:Pterocarya hupehensis:Reineckea carnea:Rhus punjabensis var. sinica:Torreya fargesii:undetermined (fern)
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Comment: Medium-sized tree with spreading branches. Height 15 m, DBH 30 cm. Bark brown-gray, with lenticels, ridged at trunk base. Leaves evergreen, simple, ovate to elliptical, sparsely toothed, with rusty indumentum on abaxial surface. Fruit: acorn to 3.75 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, 1/3 of nut covered by involucre.
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