U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium (NA)
NA0095639
86319
Cornus alternifolia L.f.
Cornaceae
NACPEC 2019 Expedition
NACPEC19-097
2019-09-19
United States, Tennessee, Carter County, Cherokee National Forest, Roan Mountain; Appalachian Trail from Roan High Knob Trail Parking Lot east to Carver's Gap.
36.104281 -82.12845
36° 6m 15.41s N; 82° 7m 42.42s W
1850 meters (6068ft)
High elevation spruce, fir, mixed woodland, prairie; slope: 0° N.
Shrub/tree; height 25 ft; bark corky, rectangular plates; leaves narrowly to broadly ovate or obovate (base cuneate, apex acuminate or cuspidate), abaxially yellow-green and papillose, adaxially dark green and glabrate; flowers not present; drupes blue.
Pressed specimen
Seeds collected from one plant. 4 herbarium specimens collected; photographed. DNA sample collection number: DENG8408; NACPEC 2019.
General herbarium
Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Harlan Svoboda, Curator (harlan.svoboda@usda.gov)
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