01 August 2022.
Monroe County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Claiborne Bluffs area along unnamed road to boat ramp on the east side of the Alabama River at the U.S. Highway 84 bridge over the river.
Coordinates: 31.5487, -87.5141
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Elevation: 43m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Growing as an understory element in shade to part shade under well-drained conditions on slopes of the deciduous woodlands below the highest bluffs but above the flood zone of the Alabama River. The underlying geology of this area is the Jackson Group undifferentiated. The units of the Jackson Group are the Yazoo Clay and Crystal River and Moodys Branch Formations. Descriptions of the members of the Yazoo Clay follow in descending order. Shubuta Member - in western Alabama consists of light-greenish-gray to white plastic fossiliferous, calcareous clay containing irregular calcareous nodules. From the Tombigbee River eastward, the Shubuta becomes more calcareous and grades into massive clayey glauconitic limestone. Eastward from the Alabama River, equivalent beds grade into the Crystal River Formation. Pachuta Marl Member - light-greenish-grey glauconitic, fossiliferous clayey sand and sandy limestone traceable from western Alabama eastward to Covington County where it grades into the Crystal River Formation. Cocoa Sand Member - yellowish-gray firm calcareous, fossiliferous fine to medium sand or sandy limestone or greenish-grey micaceous, calcareous, very clayey sand. Calcareous and clayey sand equivalent to the Cocoa is traceable from western Alabama to the Conecuh River area.
Number of plants sampled: 21
Associated species: Hydrangea quercifolia, Aesculus parviflora, Hydrangea arborescens, Dirca palustris, Arisaema triphyllum, Halesia diptera, Sabal minor, Smilax sp., Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Quercus michauxii, Philadelphus inodorus, Toxicodendron radicans, Magnolia grandiflora, Celtis laevigata, Acer floridanum, Quercus hemisphaerica, Ulmus alata, Carya sp., Muscadinia rotundifolia, Viola walteri, Scutellaria sp., Carpinus caroliniana, Prunus caroliniana, Campsis radicans, Viburnum rufidulum, Euonymus americanus, Campanulastrum Americanum, Tilia americana, Callicarpa americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Polygonatum biflorum, Hexastylis arifolia, Liriodendron tulipifera, Bignonia capreolata, Arisaema dracontium, Hymenocallis occidentalis, Magnolia acuminata, Cladrastis kentukea, Adiantum capillus-veneris
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