31 May 2025.
Shelby County, Alabama, United States
Locality: Ebeneezer Swamp Ecological Preserve.
Coordinates: 33.1677, -86.8115
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Elevation: 148m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Swamp forest with slow moving water. Dominant canopy consisted of Nyssa aquatica, Magnolia virginiana, and Acer rubrum.
Number of plants sampled: 1
Associated species: Alnus serrulata; Cornus sp.; Acer rubrum; Magnolia virginiana; Rosa palustris; Cephalanthus occidentalis; Oxydendrum arboreum; Viburnum nudum; Persea palustris; Diospyros virginiana; Itea virginica; Morella sp.; Nyssa aquatica; Toxicodendron radicans; Ligustrum sp.; Fraxinus sp.; Lindera benzoin; Asimina triloba; Ostrya virginiana; Saururus cernuus; Sambucus canadensis; Arisaema triphyllum; Platanus occidentalis.
Comment: Cuttings and voucher collected from one individual. This Persea was disjunct from the small P. palustris population sampled as 'PAL38' within this forest and did not present with leaf galls nor hairy leaves as did other palustris here. This indivual resembled and keyed to P. borbonia, which seems highly unlikely given the swampy location and extreme distance from any P. borbonia which are only known from southern AL. This site is the northernmost record for P. palustris in Alabama.
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