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 regularly along the unnamed gravel road.
Coordinates: 39.5886, -75.9045
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Elevation: 63m.
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 to sun. 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: 3
Associated species: 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, Quercus coccinea, Dichanthelium sp., Carex sp., Panicum virginicum, Panicum sp., Amelanchier arborea, Betula lenta, Comptonia peregrina, Chimaphila maculata, Quercus marilandica, Quercus stellata, Quercus phellos, Castanea pumila, Castanea dentata, Rhododendron periclymenoides, Pinus echinata, Pteridium aquilinum
Comment: Plants are single-stemmed, deciduous trees with a broad-spreading irregular coarse habit. Mature plants range in size from 7 meters to 10 meters tall and 5 meters to 8 meters wide. Twigs of younger branches are pale green with darker olive mottling. Fruit is a drupe approximately 1 cm long, borne on the top of a bright red, club-shaped fleshy pedicel. Leaves deciduous, alternate and simple. The leaf blade is ovate to elliptic, unlobed or 2-3-lobed, 10 to 16 cm long and 5 to 10 cm wide. Leaves with two lobes often referred to as “mitten-shaped”.
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