16 November 2021.
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Locality: Plants growing in woodlands along a small unnamed creek corridor dumping into the Middle Branch White Clay Creek in Goddard Park, West Grove Pennsylvania, off of Wickerton Road, Chester County.
Coordinates: 39.8106, -75.8275
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Elevation: 124m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are growing in a range of habitats from mesic woodlands to saturated streamside settings of deciduous woodlands that drain toward the Middle Branch White Clay Creek. Plants grow in high understory shade with dappled to indirect sunlight. The only female (fruiting) plants were found in areas along the creek where soils are moist to saturated. Numerous male specimens were found in the areas described above. Soils: Soils found in the areas where this collection was made are comprised primarily of Baile silt loam (Ba), Hatboro silt loam (Ha), and Glenelg silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes (GgC). Baile silt loam consists of very deep, poorly drained, moderately low to moderately high saturated hydraulic conductivity, soils on upland depressions and footslopes that were formed in local alluvium over residuum from acid crystalline rocks, chiefly mica schist and granitized schist and gneiss; slope ranges from 0 to 8 percent. Hatboro silt loam consists of very deep and poorly drained soils formed in deposited alluvium derived from metamorphic and crystalline rock. They are on flood plains. Slopes range from 0 to 3 percent. Glenelg silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in residuum weathered from micaceous schist on uplands of the Blue Ridge and the Northern Piedmont. This soil is undifferentiated, mostly poorly drained sandy bottomland soils intermingled with decomposing organic litter and eroded silts and clays due to erosion. Slope: 0 to 15% Aspect: Variable.
Number of plants sampled: 2
Associated species: (NOTE-This includes fruiting and non-fruiting specimens) Fagus grandifolia; Lindera benzoin; Carya glabra; Liriodendron tulipifera; Viburnum acerifolium; Cornus alternifolia; Maianthemum racemosum; Viburnum dentatum; Carex pensylvanica; Actaea racemosa; Carpinus caroliniana; Juglans nigra; Smilax glabra; Polystichum acrostichoides; Toxicodendron radicans; Acer rubrum; Smilax rotundifolia; Asarum canadense; Collinsonia canadensis; Fraxinus americana; Vitis riparia; Viburnum prunifolium; Quercus rubra; Osmundastrum cinnamomeum; Athyrium felix-femina; Phytolacca americana; Platanus occidentalis; Nyssa sylvatica; Rubus hispidus; Eurybia divaricata; Acer negundo; Ageratina altissima; Polemonium reptans; Chionanthus virginicus; Boehmeria cylindrica; Ulmus americana; Onoclea sensibilis Penthorum sedoides; Circaea canadensis; Echinocystis lobata; Sanguinaria canadensis; Malus angustifolia; Vitis vulpina; Persicaria pennsylvanica; Sambucus canadensis; Betula lenta; Arisaema triphyllum; Symplocarpus foetidus. Plants Associated Specifically with Seed Collection Locales: Lindera benzoin; Viburnum dentatum; Carpinus caroliniana; Smilax glabra; Polystichum acrostichoides; Toxicodendron radicans; Acer rubrum; Smilax rotundifolia; Viburnum prunifolium; Osmundastrum cinnamomeum; Athyrium felix-femina; Phytolacca americana; Platanus occidentalis; Rubus hispidus; Acer negundo; Polemonium reptans; Ulmus americana; Onoclea sensibilis Vitis vulpina; Persicaria pennsylvanica; Sambucus canadensis; Arisaema triphyllum; Symplocarpus foetidus; Ilex opaca; Alliaria petiolata; Lonicera japonica; Callicarpa dichotoma; Acer platanoides; Euonymus alata; Rosa multiflora; Berberis thunbergia; Pyrus calleryana; Celastrus orbiculatus; Prunus avium; Paulownia tomentosa; Rubus phoenicolasius; Morus alba; Duchesnia indica; Elaeagnus umbellata; Lonicera maackii; Microstegium vimineum; Ilex crenata; Viburnum dilatatum.
Comment: Plants are multi-stemmed, deciduous spreading shrubs. Mature plants reach 3-4 meters tall and wide. Fleshy fruits, containing 1-5 seeds, are borne along the stems and in the leaf axils singly in small clusters. Fruits are globose and bright red when fully mature and approximately 5-8 mm in diameter. Leaves are simple, alternate, and finely serrate along the margins. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, ranging in size from 7.5-10 cm long.
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