09 December 2022.
Lee County, Georgia, United States
Locality: Plants growing around a pond and associated wetland on the property of Monica Williams north of Albany, Georgia as well as the edges of nearby Muckalee Creek. Common in the wetland habitat edges.
Coordinates: 31.6383, -84.1384
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Elevation: 63m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants are growing in part-shade to sun in wet to inundated conditions along the edges of a pond as well as the edges of Muckalee Creek. This species is found in conditions of abundant, year-round moisture.
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: 15
Associated species: Quercus nigra, Eubotrys racemosa, Smilax sp., Magnolia grandiflora, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, Symplocos tinctoria, Rhododendron canescens, Gelsemium sempervirens, Persea borbonia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Arundinaria gigantea, Magnolia virginiana, Quercus virginiana, Ilex opaca, Rhododendron viscosum, Morella cerifera, Carex sp., Rosa palustris, Osmunda regalis, Callicarpa americana, Acer rubrum, Taxodium distichum, Swida foemina, Onoclea sensibilis, Iris virginica
Comment: This species is multi-stemmed, colonial, deciduous shrub to 2.5 meters tall x 3-4 meters in diameter with arching habit. Stems are erect or arching, forming clumps by underground runners. Leaves are elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate, 2-9 cm long × 1-4 cm wide; margins are glandular-serrate to serrulate. While most foliage has dropped, remaining leaves are a wine-red color. Capsules are born in racemes and are cylindrical and 0.7-1 cm long.
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