08 December 2023.
Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States
Locality: Along Chumuckla Springs Road approximately 1 kilometer northwest of Moore Creek.
Coordinates: 30.8150, -87.2624
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Elevation: 18m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Growing in part shade to light shade in moist occasionally wet habitat along the edge of the road. This habitat is a complex matrix of facultative wetland species intermingled with species that need constant moisture. Slope: N/A. Aspect: N/A. The underlying geology of this area is the Citronelle Formation of Pliocene origin and consists of gray to orange, often mottled, unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, very fine to very coarse, poorly sorted, clean to clayey sands. It contains significant amounts of clay, silt and gravel which may occur as beds and lenses and may vary considerably over short distances. Limonite nodules and limonite-cemented beds are common. (Source: USGS Florida Geologic Map Data.) The surface soil profile of this area is Albany Series sandy loam soils (0 to 5 percent slopes). Albany Series soils are very deep, somewhat poorly drained, sandy loam soils originating from marine and fluviomarine deposits or eolian deposits. Albany soils have sandy layers that extend to a depth of more than 100 centimeters. Additionally, Albany soils may be saturated for short periods (less than 20 consecutive or 30 cumulative days in a normal year) at a depth of 30 to 50 centimeters and are uniformly strongly acid. (Source: NRCS Web Soil Survey.)
Number of plants sampled: 20
Associated species: Ilex glabra; Magnolia grandiflora; Cyrilla racemiflora; Hypericum sp.; Morella caroliniensis; Ilex coriacea; Gaylussacia sp.; Sphagnum sp.; Clethra alnifolia; Chamaecyparis thyoides; Xyris sp.; Magnolia virginiana; Symplocos tinctoria; Vaccinium elliottii; Agalinis sp.; Smilax laurifolia; Aronia arbutifolia; Lyonia lucida; Persea palustris; Pinus elliottii; Nyssa biflora; Quercus sp.; Ilex vomitoria; Vaccinium corymbosum; Lilium iridollae; Woodwardia areolata.
Comment: The plants in this population are upright to upright spreading, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrubs. Shrub are approximately 1.8 to 2.3 meters tall x 2-2.5 meters wide. Leaves are absent because plants are dormant. Fruits are capsules borne on erect pedicels single and in clusters. Capsules are 10-20 mm long x 3-7 mm wide and densely stipitate-glandular on both the capsules and pedicels. Plants are frequent along the edges of the road. Seeds collected from 20 plants.
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