04 September 2022.
Cecil County, Maryland, United States
Locality: Plants growing at Elkton State Forest along roads and woodlands over a distance of approximately 5 kilometers labelled as the address of 717 Irishtown Rd, North East, MD 21901. Plants are found infrequently and scattered along the unnamed gravel road
Coordinates: 39.5885, -75.9045
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Elevation: 51m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are growing in a mesic to dry, well-drained habitat of mixed deciduous and evergreen woodlands comprised primarily of acid-loving plants. Plants are growing in part shade. The soils in the collection area are generally described as a complex series of fluviomarine deposits. The soils range from a thin loam layer at the surface to varying levels of loam to sandy loam and/or extremely gravelly sandy clay loam strata, depending upon geographical location (ie. Hillslope summits, slopes, footslopes, swales, etc.). The primary soil types in the collection area are classified as Russett-Christiana-Hambrook Complex and/or Sassafras and Croom Soils; though, others may intersect and overlay in specific areas.
Number of plants sampled: 4
Associated species: Sassafras albidum, Fagus grandifolia, Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia frondosa, Pinus virginiana, Acer rubrum, Quercus montana, Nyssa sylvatica, Diospyros virginiana, Vaccinium stamineum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Kalmia latifolia, Quercus velutina, Prunus serotina, Lyonia ligustrina, Vaccinium corymbosum, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus alba, Solidago sp., Smilax sp., Hypericum hypericoides, Cornus florida, Mitchella repens, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, Rubus sp., Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Quercus falcata, Clethra alnifolia, Quercus coccinea, Dichanthelium sp., Carex sp., Panicum virginicum, Panicum sp., Amelanchier arborea
Comment: Plants are multi-stemmed, deciduous, and upright with an irregular habit. Mature plants range in size from 1 to 2 meters tall. Fruit is a woody capsule, elongate, cylindric and dehiscent that is borne erect on short pedicel. Capsules contain 100+ tiny seed per capsule. Leaves deciduous and alternate. The petiole is typically eglandular-hairy. The leaf shape ranges from ovate to obovate, 3-9(-12.5) cm long and 1.4-3.8(-5) cm wide with margins that range from entire to ciliate.
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