29 December 2022.
Covington County, Alabama, United States
Locality: This plant is growing along the edges of Gantt Lake, accessed by boat. Occasional in shaded areas around Gantt Lake.
Coordinates: 31.4078, -86.4677
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Elevation: 68m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: The plants were growing in open conditions on a steep north-facing bluff above Gantt Lake.
Soils: 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 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/state.php?state=AL)
The surface soil profile of this area is primarily Eunola Series Loamy Fine Sand (0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded). The Eunola series consists of very deep, moderately well drained, moderately permeable loamy soils that formed in fluvial or marine sediments. They are on low stream or marine terraces of the Southern Coastal Plain. They are strongly acid. Slopes are dominantly 0 to 3 percent but range up to 6 percent.
Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey (https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx)
Associated species: Illicium floridanum, Persea borbonia, Oxydendrum arboreum, Halesia diptera, Halesia carolina, Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora, Ilex coriacea, Ilex vomitoria, Clethra alnifolia, Kalmia latifolia, Lyonia lucida, Rhododendron austrinum, Rhododendron canescens, Baccharis halimifolia, Ulmus americana, Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium arboreum, Quercus alba, Iris sp., Morella cerifera, Sideroxylon sp., Nyssa biflora, Fagus grandifolia, Quercus phellos, Magnolia grandiflora, Mitchella repens, Pteridium aquilinum, Pinus taeda, Cartrema americana, Asimina parviflora, Callicarpa americana, Symplocos tinctoria, Quercus nigra, Nyssa sylvatica
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