12 September 2022.
Williamsburg City County, Virginia, United States
Locality: In Colonial Williamsburg, park in the Providence Hall Directors Wing parking lot and enter the Bassett Trace Nature Trail; follow the trail about 0.8 kilometers over a bridge; turn right a few feet after the bridge and follow the path; on the right there are specimens as the path begins to go downhill toward the next bridge; continue to follow the path over the next bridge and up the hill until the path reaches a T-intersection; turn right along the path parallel to the wetland below. Just before the end of the woodlands, there are 4 specimens on the right between the path and the pond. This plant is infrequent and rare, found only on well-drained sites in a few discrete arounds along the trail.
Coordinates: 37.2606, -76.6947
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Elevation: 15m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants growing in shade to part-shade of the mixed deciduous and evergreen upland mesic-dry woodland. The underlying geology of this area is Windsor Formation of Tertiary-Quaternary origin (lower Pleistocene or upper Pliocene). It is comprised of gray and yellowish- to reddish-brown sand, gravel, silt, and clay. It constitutes surficial deposits of extensive plain and fluvial-estuarine terraces above elevations of 10 meters. The thickness of the Windsor Formation is 0 to 12.5 meters.
Source: USGS Virginia Geologic Map Data (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=VAQTw%3B0)
The surface soil profile of this area is Emporia Complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes. This soil as moderately well-drained, acidic, and found on sloping and elevated terraces. They are comprised of fine sandy loam, loam, and sandy clay loam in varying quantities across the profile; the depth to parent geology is approximately 200 cm.
Number of plants sampled: 4
Associated species: Acer rubrum, Amelanchier sp., Asimina triloba, Bignonia capreolata, Carex flaccosperma, Carpinus caroliniana, Carya glabra, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Cornus florida, Desmodium sp., Dicanthelium sp., Fagus grandifolia, Fraxinus americana, Gaylussacia baccata, Hamamelis virginiana, Hexastylis virginica, Ilex opaca, Juniperus virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia tripetala, Mitchella repens, Morella cerifera, Oxydendrum arboreum, Parthenocissus quinquefolius, Pinus taeda, Polystichum acrostichoides, Quercus alba, Quercus marilandica, Robinia pseudoacacia, Sassafras albidum, Smilax sp., Taxodium distichum, Toxicodendron radicans, Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium pallidum
Comment: multi-stemmed, deciduous shrubs with many plants resprouted from the base with strong upright shoots; occasionally, shrubs with a spreading-layered habit; some plants almost flat-topped. Plants observed range in size from 0.75-3.0 meters tall. Young twigs are bright reddish-brown color, while mature stems are light brown eventually developing vertically oriented shallow fissures. Fruits are 5-loculed ovoid-shaped, woody capsules with acute to acuminate tips. Borne upright on the stem, the fruits are deciduous shortly after seed are released. Leaves range from broadly ovate to widely elliptic with a cuneate to rounded bases and serrulate, sometimes, ciliate margins. The undersurface of the leaves is frequently sparsely hairy.
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