10 November 2023.
Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States
Locality: Franklin Township: Piney Hollow Preservation Area (the site is owned by Franklin Township). Plants accessed by foot along trails throughout property.
Coordinates: 39.5732, -74.9267
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Elevation: 28m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Plants growing in part-shade to sun along the edges of McCarthys Lakes in moist-mesic to wet areas dominated by herbaceous plants. Slope: N/A. Aspect: N/A.
Number of plants sampled: 15
Associated species: Quercus alba; Chamaecyparis thyoides; Vaccinium corymbosum; Smilax sp.; Pinus rigida; Morella caroliniensis; Ilex glabra; Ilex opaca; Osmundastrum cinnamomeum; Lyonia ligustrina; Acer rubrum; Aronia arbutifolia; Baccharis halimifolia; Magnolia virginiana; Rubus sp.; Nyssa sylvatica; Carex sp.; Liquidambar styraciflua; Typha latifolia; Solidago sp.; Symphyotrichum sp.; Chamaedaphne calyculata; Lyonia mariana; Clethra alnifolia.
Comment: This species is a colonial shrub, 0.3–1 m tall; often making colonies of several square meters. Stems are erect to ascending and rarely branched. Leaves are deciduous, alternate, and ovate-lanceolate, 3–6 cm long x 1-2 cm wide. The leaf margins are coarsely serrate to crenate on the basal half. The undersides of leaves are densely white to gray, tan, or rusty tomentose; the upper leaf surface is glabrous or puberulent. Inflorescences are primarily terminal, narrow, conic panicles to 20 cm long. The inflorescence branches are tomentose as are the pedicels of fruit and the follicles. Plants are frequent along the edges of McCarthys Lakes.
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