08 December 2022.
Worth County, Georgia, United States
Locality: Plants growing in the upper edges of a wetland in Longleaf pine forest on the north side of Old GA State Route 33, approximately 2.11 kilometers southwest of the junction with GA Hwy 33. Common at this site on the margins of the wetland community.
Coordinates: 31.4276, -83.8519
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Elevation: 108m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are growing in part-shade of a Longleaf pine forest along the upper edges of a wetland community. Soils range seasonally from moist to mucky with occasional standing water in depressions.
Soils: The underlying geology of this area is of Neogene origin and characterized as Neogene Undifferentiated. It includes poorly sorted clayey sand and gravel deposited in a fluvial environment in South Carolina but becoming more fluvio-marine in Georgia. Unit is characterized by in situ weathered feldspar and an abundance of quartzite gravel and cobbles.
Source: USGS Georgia Geologic Map Data (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=GANu%3B1)
The primary soil types in the collection area are classified as Pelham Loamy Sand soil (0 to 2 percent slopes). The Pelham Series consists of very deep, poorly drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in unconsolidated Coastal Plain sediments. These soils are on nearly level broad flats, toe slopes, depressions and drainageways. Slopes range from 0 to 5 percent. These soils are comprised of loamy sands that are friable to a depth of approximately 1 meter and sandy clay loam to a depth in the lower strata to about 2 meters. They are also strongly acid.
Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey (https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx)
Number of plants sampled: 1
Associated species: Sarracenia flava, Magnolia virginiana, Pinckneya bracteata, Symplocos tinctoria, Gaylussacia tomentosa, Gaylussacia mosieri, Leucothoe racemosa, Osmunda cinnamomea, Pteridium aquilinum, Vaccinium corymbosum, Ctenium aromaticum, Bigelowia nudata, Helianthus angustifolius, Ilex glabra, Nyssa sylvatica
Comment: This species is a multi-stemmed, somewhat rhizomatous, deciduous shrub, reaching about 2 meters tall. Plants generally develop an upright habit, developing a broader outline with age. Young stems are woolly-tomentose; older stems remain lightly pubescent. Plants have no leaves remaining. Fruits are capsules and borne in clusters terminally. The capsules are sub-globose and very small. The entire cluster and capsules are tomentose.
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