15 August 2023.
Monroe County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Claiborne Bluffs, above the Alabama River.
Coordinates: 31.5488, -87.5142
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Elevation: 16m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Slope: 35%. Aspect: West-northwest. Elevation recorded as 52 feet.
Number of plants sampled: 2
Associated species: Hydrangea arborescens; Hydrangea quercifolia; Acer saccharum subsp. leucoderme [as Acer leucoderme]; Magnolia grandiflora; Toxicodendron pubescens [as Rhus toxicodendron]; Juniperus virginiana; Ulmus americana; Aesculus parviflora; Philadelphus inodorus; Viburnum rufidulum; Carpinus caroliniana; Tilia americana; Juglans nigra; Dirca palustris; Liriodendron tulipifera; Quercus michauxii; Liquidambar styraciflua; Vitis sp.; Thelypteris kunthii.
Comment: Collectors' note: Deciduous shrub to small tree 6 to 15 feet tall. The alternate leaf pattern, and the horizontal, layered branching are both very distinctive, and quite ornamental. Bark, young plants, greenish-brown turns gray and furrowed with age. Leaves, entire, elliptic-ovate, 2 to 3 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide; dark green with pronounced "quilted" venation, undersides pale whitish-green, fine hairs. Flowers non-bracted, fragrant, in creamy-white cymes, May to June. Fruits emerge green, turn white, and then finally bluish-black, July-August; stalks reddish-orange. Great understory plant for shade. Leaf scorch in too much sun. Scattered distribution. Seed collected off of two plants.
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