Full Record Details

Catalog #: NA0095498

Family: Ericaceae

Collector: NACPEC 2019 Expedition

Number: NACPEC19-022

Date: 2019-09-09

Locality: United States, Kentucky, Madison County, Berea College Forest: around the corner from Upper Indian Fort Trail Junction, on top of the Davis Hollow ("holler").

Latitude/Longitude: 37.564142  -84.233418

Verbatim Coordinates: 37° 33m 50.91s N; 84° 14m 0.304s W

Elevation: 477 meters (1565ft)

Habitat: Sandstone outcrop; very heavy foot traffic; soil Incredibly thin, low pH (less than 4.0) soil; conglomerate material (shale and limestone): sandstone outcrop, suspect sandy; slope: 0° W; soil Incredibly thin, low pH (less than 4.0) soil; conglomerate material (shale and limestone): sandstone outcrop, suspect sandy; slope: 0° W.

Description: Tree; height 25 ft; DBH 9.3 cm & 18.4 cm; bark grayish brown to brown, deeply furrowed; leaves elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate (base broad-cuneate, apex acuminate); margins serrulate or entire; abaxially lighter green and sparingly pubescent on veins, adaxially dark green and glabrous; flowers not present; capsule, 2 to 4 mm.

Preparations: Pressed specimen

Notes: Seeds collected from one plant. Five herbarium specimens collected; photographed. DNA sample collection number: DENG8237; NACPEC 2019.

Disposition: General herbarium