12 December 2022.
Clarke County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Silver Creek Lake Campground off of Silver Creek Lake Road: Silver Creek Lake, at the edge of the campground.
Coordinates: 31.6634, -87.5711
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Elevation: 16m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Part shade to sun along the eroding banks of Silver Creek Lake in moist-mesic, mixed deciduous and evergreen woodland, 2-3 meters above the water. The underlying geology of this area is Claiborne Group, Tallahatta Formation, of Eocene origin, with white to very light-greenish-gray thin-bedded to massive siliceous claystone; interbedded with thin layers of fossiliferous clay, sandy clay, and glauconitic sand and sandstone. (Source: USGS Alabama Geological Map Data). The primary soil types in the collection area are classified as Riverview Fine Sandy Loam soils (0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded). The Riverview Series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in loamy alluvium on flood plains. Slopes range from 0 to 5 percent. Riverview soils fare on high parts of flood plains of rivers and streams draining the Coastal Plain and Southern Piedmont. Runoff is slow. Permeability is moderate. These soils flood for short periods mostly in winter or early spring months. (Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey).
Number of plants sampled: 15
Associated species: Platanus occidentalis; Amorpha fruticosa; Chasmanthium latifolium; Celtis laevigata; Clematis sp.; Symplocos tinctoria; Arundinaria gigantea; Quercus nigra; Quercus alba; Pinus glabra; Ditrysinia fruticosa; Betula nigra; Taxodium distichum; Quercus falcata; Smilax sp.; Hexastylis arifolia; Toxicodendron radicans; Vitis sp.; Bignonia capreolata; Hymenocallis occidentalis; Solidago sp.; Liquidambar styraciflua.
Comment: This species is a multi-stemmed, dioecious, deciduous shrub, forming an upright, spreading-arching habit in maturity. At maturity this shrub is approximately 3-5 meters tall x 3-8 meters wide. Leaves are simple, alternate, ovate to narrowly obovate, glabrous and green above, and pale beneath; size ranges from 3.0-7.5 cm long x 2.0–3.5 cm wide. Margins of leaves are shallowly toothed and often revolute. Fruits are berries on short stalks, 0.5-1.0 cm in diameter, reddish-orange to red in clusters of 2 to 4, ripening in the fall but may persist through the winter. Seed collected from 15 plants. Common.
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