Details for: NA 89001, Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg., ET22-39

05 September 2022.
Hardin County, Texas, United States
Locality: Kountze: along FM943 (Farm to Market Road).
Coordinates: 30.4690, -94.4506 (Map it)
Elevation: 41m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Moist roadside at edge of west Gulf coastal plain flatwoods in Pineywoods ecoregion, in the Big Thicket area. Growing in very fine sandy loam, Sorter-Dallardsville complex.
Associated species: Persea palustris, Ilex vomitoria, Cladium jamaicense, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Rotala ramosior, Marshallia graminifolia, Rhexia sp.
Soil Texture:
Comment: Small tree, less leaf spotting and overall healthier than other collection, leaves glabrous and medium green, fruiting abundantlly; 3 m height; 5 cm DBH; bark reddish brown with light longitudinal cracking; leaves shiny, glabrous and dark green on top, pale below, with subtle orange pubescence along midvein; fruit not yet ripe; glabrous glossy apple green; some dark mottling; ~1 cm long.
Collector(s):

• Black, Adam, Bartlett Research Arboretum
• Loos, Peter

15 December 2022.
Massachusetts, United States
Habitat: Research station or other ex situ site
Comment: Arnold Arboretum seed distribution
Donor(s):

• Enzenbacher, Tiffany, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University