03 August 2022.
Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: Blackwater River State Forest, in the longleaf pine forest southwest of the junction of Green Road and State Forest Road/Hurricane Lake Road.
Coordinates: 30.8725, -86.8066
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Elevation: 63m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are typically found growing in part shade to nearly full sun in well-drained to seasonally dry conditions. The underlying geology of this area is the Citronelle Formation, of Pliocene origin, and consists of gray to orange, often mottled, unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, very fine to very coarse, poorly sorted, clean to clayey sands. It contains significant amounts of clay, silt and gravel which may occur as beds and lenses and may vary considerably over short distances. Limonite nodules and limonite-cemented beds are common.
Number of plants sampled: 1
Associated species: Ilex vomitoria, Diospyros virginiana, Vaccinium arboreum, Symplocos tinctoria, Silphium lacinatum, Vaccinium formosanum, Rhus copallinum, Vaccinium darrowii, Rubus sp., Morella cerifera, Quercus falcata, Solidago sp., Pinus palustris, Pteridium aquilinum, Aristida stricta, Smilax pumila, Smilax spp., Yucca filamentosa, Elephantopus sp., Apios sp., Ilex glabra, Gaylussacia dumosa, Vaccinium stamineum, Licania michauxii, Quercus incana, Pityopsis graminifolia, Vernonia angustifolia
Comment: Multi-stemmed, deciduous shrubs with an irregular rounded shape, slightly taller than wide; plants at this site, generally 1-2 meters tall. Foliage is opposite with palmately compound leaves with serrated margins. Pear-shaped, leathery fruit are borne on short stalks terminally, seldom more than 1 or 2 fruit per inflorescence.
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