18 September 2019.
Clay County, North Carolina, United States
Locality: Shooting Creek: Nantahala National Forest, Buck Creek Serpentine Barrens, along main trail (near Forest Road 6269, Buck Creek Road; site is also recorded as "Buck Creek Holler" [Hollow]).
Coordinates: 35.0867, -83.6152
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Elevation: 1060m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Pinus rigida-Quercus alba/Sporobulus heterolepis-Andropogon gerardii Woodland, or Southern Blue Ridge Ultramafic Outcrop Barren; soil is derived from serpentized dunite and olivine parent material. Slope: 40 degrees. Aspect: North.
Number of plants sampled: 3
Associated species: Quercus alba; Tsuga canadensis; Sassafras albidum; Acer rubrum; Oxydendrum arboreum; Amelanchier laevis; Viburnum cassinoides; Physocarpus opulifolius; Kalmia latifolia; Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina; Vaccinium stamineum; Vaccinium corymbosum; Andropogon gerardii; Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium; Sporobolus heterolepis; Pycnanthemum spp.; Magnolia acuminata; Ceanothus americanus; Sanguisorba canadensis; Spiranthes sp.; Smilax lasioneura.
Comment: Tree; height 30 ft; bark red-brown deeply and irregularly furrowed; leaves 3 to 5 per fascicle, deep to pale yellow-green with fine stomatal lines; strobili not present; seed cones creamy brown. Seeds collected from 3 plants. 4 herbarium specimens collected; photographed. No DNA sample collected.
Collector(s): - Deng, Tao, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
- Gao, Xinfen, Chengdu Institute of Biology
- Gapinski, Andrew, Arnold Arboretum
- Halloran, Sean, Arnold Arboretum
- Magnan, Angela, U.S. National Arboretum
- Rubinstein, Jared, Arnold Arboretum
- Wang, Kang, Beijing Botanical Garden