19 September 2019.
Tennessee, United States
Locality: Carter County; Cherokee National Forest: Appalachian Trail South to Carver's Gap from parking area
Coordinates: 36.1042, -82.1284
(Map it)
Elevation: 1860m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: High elevation spruce fir mixed woodland prairie
Number of plants sampled: 1
Associated species: Viburnum lantanoides, Abies balsamea, Picea pungens, Abies fraseri, Fragaria vesca, Hypericum sp., Eutrochium fistulosum, Sorbus americana, Cornus alternifolia
Aspect: ;
Slope: 0 Degrees
Comment: Shrub/tree; height 8 ft; DBH 1-2 cm; bark smooth with scattered lenticels; leaves broadly to narrowly ovate or elliptic (base cuneate sometimes cordate, apex acute to rounded); margins serrulate to coarsely doubly-serrate; abaxially glabrous to tomentose; flowers not present; samara
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