29 July 2014.
Monroe County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Haines Island Park woodlands on the top of the escarpment.
Coordinates: 31.7196, -87.4639
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Elevation: 107m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Upland and primarily along the top of the escarpment in dry acidic, mixed coniferous and deciduous woodlands in part to full shade.
Associated species: Quercus alba; Carya glabra; Liriodendron tulipifera; Vaccinium stamineum; Ostrya virginiana; Fraxinus americana; Quercus velutina; Celtis laevigata; Oxydendrum arboreum; Magnolia grandiflora; Magnolia macrophylla; Magnolia acuminata; Nyssa sylvatica; Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum; Viburnum acerifolium; Diospyros virginiana; Callicarpa americana; Viburnum rufidulum; Chionanthus virginicus; Fagus grandifolia; Cornus florida; Liquidambar styraciflua; Prunus serotina; Hamamelis ovalis; Pinus echinata; Pinus taeda; Quercus hemisphaerica; Quercus incana; Quercus falcata; Carya tomentosa; Vaccinium arboreum; Vaccinium elliottii; Mitchella repens; Toxicodendron radicans; Gelsemium sempervirens; Crataegus sp.; Hypericum sp.; Prunus pensylvanica; Vitis rotundifolia; Hamamelis virginiana; Chasmanthium sessiliflorum; Sideroxylon lycioides; Smilax pumila; Erythrina herbacea; Solidago caesia; Ilex opaca; Smilax sp.; Collinsonia anisata; Ilex longipes; Panax quinquefolius; Aesculus parviflora
Comment: Multi-stemmed, deciduous to 4 meters tall. [Ron miller commented in his email (RM to RJL) the following: "The common name 'Alabama cherry' seems right, for the fruit look very like domesticated sour cherries--in size and flavor. They are rather nice-looking on the plant with reds turning to blackish reds. Notice how much the seeds resemble cherry pits." (Note, this fruit size as described seems to be abnormally large compared to what is typically described for the taxon; identification may need review in the future. -SBL)]. Seed collected from several plants. Infrequent in the general, but common on the dry ridge top.
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