17 September 2019.
Georgia, United States
Locality: Rabun County; Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest: Chattooga River Trail approximately 1/2 mile down trail from parking lot (off of Highway 76); Township unicorporated
Coordinates: 34.8176, -83.3072
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Elevation: 423m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Trail edge, steep slope, 400 feet up the slope on West bank (Georgia side): Mixed mesophytic Maple-Hickory-Oak woodland
Number of plants sampled: 5
Associated species: Carya sp., Acer rubrum, Pinus strobus, Toxicodendron radicans, Microstegium vimineum, Vitis rotundifolia, Mitchella repens, Smilax spp., Chimaphila maculata, Tsuga canadensis, Magnolia fraseri, Fagus grandifolia, Dioscorea villosa, Liriodendron tulipifera, Ilex opaca, Calycanthus floridus, Tiarella cordifolia, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Tilia americana, Ligustrum sinense, Leucothoe fontanesiana, Rhododendron maximum, Impatiens capensis
Aspect: ;
Slope: 25 Degrees
Comment: Shrub/tree; height 12-14 ft; bark brown, pubescent; leaves ovate, elliptic, or obovate (base narrowly cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate); margins distinctly toothed; abaxially glabrous or with few stellate hairs, adaxially glabrous; flowers not present; capsule, tan to brown.
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