Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Alabama

• County/Municipio

  Tuscaloosa Co.

• Locality

  To the E side of George Newell Road, about 0.3 mi S of the intersection with Brookwood Parkway & just S of Hurricane Creek

• Elevation

  Alt. 113 m. (371 ft.)

• Coordinates

  33.2099, -87.2939

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Zu/uS
Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF ALABAMA
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.
ERICACEAE
Shrub 8ft tall, rare, flowers white & narrow, mostly
finished flowering. Growing in a shrubby thicket in
loamy soil over soft shale (Montevallo-Nauvoo
association, steep; loamy-skeletal, mixed, subactive,
thermic, shallow Typic Dystrudepts to fine-loamy,
siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults).
Growing with Amelanchier arbórea, Andropogon
virginicus, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Comus
florida, Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, Dichanthelium
sp., Gelsemium sempervirens, Hypericum hypericoides,
Lespedeza hirta, Lonicera japónica, Pinus taeda, P.
virginiana, Quercus falcata, Q. hemisphaerica, Q.
nigra, Solidago arguta, Toxicodendron radicans,
Ulmus alata, Vaccinium arboreum, V. pallidum Sc Vitis
rotundifolia. To the E. side of George Newell Road,
about 0.3mi S. of the intersection with Brookwood
Parkway & just S. of Hurricane Creek. Tuscaloosa Co.
Elev. about 370ft. 33° 12’ 35.8"N, 87° 17' 38.0"W.
UTM 16 47261 IE, 3674599N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3765
16 April 2006
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