16 September 2019.
North Carolina, United States
Locality: Transylvania County; Southern Highland Reserve: Toxaway Mountain, Service Road (name unknown), adjacent to Southern Highlands Reserve: Power line cut.
Coordinates: 35.1323, -82.9833
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Elevation: 1455m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Roadside edge, disturbed opening: mountaintop mixed Oak-Chestnut woodland (forest margin at high elevation)
Number of plants sampled: 2
Associated species: Rhododendron maximum, Sorbus americana, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Galax urceolata, Quercus velutina, Lysimachia quadrifolia, Potentilla canadensis, Gentiana erecta, Hamamelis virginiana, Helianthus sp., Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra, Diervilla sessilifolia
Aspect: ;
Slope: 0 Degrees;
Soil Texture:
Comment: Spineless vine; height 4 m; bark glabrous, prickles absent; leaves ovate to round; margins entire; abaxially pale green; flowers not present; berry, blue-black, 8-10 mm.
Collector(s): - Deng, Tao, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
- Gao, Xinfen, Chengdu Institute of Biology
- Gapinski, Andrew, Arnold Arboretum
- Halloran, Sean, Arnold Arboretum
- Kang, Wang, Education Department and Plant Documentation & Information
- Rubinstein, Jared, Arnold Arboretum