29 December 2022.
Covington County, Alabama, United States
Locality: This plant is growing along the steep 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 Bibb-Kinston Series Association. Bibb Series soils are coarse-loamy, sandy, acid soils that are poorly drained. They are soils of flood plains and streams subject to frequent flooding. These are found in association with Kinston Series soils that are fine-loamy, sandy, acid soils of flood plains and stream subject to frequent flooding. The Bibb-Kinston association ranges from 1-1.5 meters thick and is strongly acid.
Source: Soil Survey of Santa Rosa County and NRCS Web Soil Survey (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/florida/FL113/0/SantaRosa.pdf and 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, Rhododendron minus var. minus, Kalmia latifolia, 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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