09 December 2022.
Lee County, Georgia, United States
Locality: Plants growing along the edge of a moist woodland habitat on the property at the end of the Lavender Lane cul-de-sac adjoining that of Monica Williams, in Albany, Georgia. Infrequent on the woodland edge at this site.
Coordinates: 31.6381, -84.1407
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Elevation: 64m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are growing in part-shade of a moist mesic, mostly deciduous, woodland along the upper fringes of seasonally moist to wet drainage area leading to a large pond and wetland habitat further downstream.
Soils: The underlying geology of this area is of Eocene origin and characterized as Ocala Limestone. The Ocala Limestone consists of almost pure limestones with occasional dolomites. It can be subdivided into both lower and upper facies with the lower facies composed of a whitish to cream-colored, fine to medium grained, poorly to moderately hard, fossil rich grainstone and packstone. The upper Ocala is white and somewhat weak and poorly sorted. It is extremely fossil rich grainstone, packstone and wackestone and some chert is common in the upper facies.
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 Herod and Muckalee Series soils. The Herod Series consists of poorly drained moderately permeable soils formed in loamy alluvium. These soils are on flood plains of streams in the Coastal Plain. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. The Muckalee Series consists of poorly drained moderately permeable soils formed in loamy and sandy alluvium. These soils are on flood plains of streams in the Coastal Plain. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent.
Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey (https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx)
Number of plants sampled: 10
Associated species: Swida sp., Quercus falcata, Prunus caroliniana, Quercus nigra, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, Woodwardia areolata, Morella cerifera, Nyssa sylvatica, Liquidambar styraciflua, Magnolia virginiana, Amelanchier arborea, Smilax sp., Persea borbonia, Mitchella repens, Rubus sp., Ilex opaca, Betula nigra, Decumaria barbara, Dichanthelium sp., Osmunda regalis, Magnolia grandiflora, Rhododendron canescens, Rhododendron alabamense, Quercus alba, Juniperus virginiana, Hamamelis virginiana, Callicarpa americana, Itea virginica, Swida foemina
Comment: This species is a multi-stemmed, deciduous upright, irregularly oval rounded shrub, approximately 3-4.5 meters tall x 2 meters wide. Leaves have multicellular stipitate-glandular- and unicellular-hairs on the petiole; the blade is ovate to obovate, 3-11 cm long × 1.5-4.5 cm wide with entire margins. Fruits are capsules borne on erect pedicels and approximately 14-26 mm long; they are sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular-hairy, especially on the pedicel and lower portion of the capsule.
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