07 September 2019.
Adams County, Ohio, United States
Locality: Lynx Township: Edge of Appalachia Preserve System: The E. Lucy Braun Lynx Prairie Preserve.
Coordinates: 38.7648, -83.4100
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Elevation: 266m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Oak-hickory woodland over Devonian shale (Ohio shale). Slope: 0 degrees. Aspect: Northwest.
Number of plants sampled: 6
Associated species: Quercus alba; Smilax sp.; Quercus coccinea; Pinus virginiana; Juniperus virginiana; Quercus stellata; Acer rubrum.
Comment: Shrub; height 5 to 10 ft; DBH N/A (less than 1 cm); bark gray-green, nearly glabrous; leaves suborbicular to ovate; margins coarsely toothed; light green and sandpapery; 7 cm by 5 cm; flowers not present; drupe, blue-black, 7 mm by 5 mm. Seeds collected from six plants. Four herbarium specimens collected; photographed. DNA sample collection number: DENG8017.
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