Vaccinium stamineum L.

Ericaceae

Collection NumberDavidson, C 13001
CollectorsChris Davidson, D. E. Boufford, Sharon Christoph & Tomomi Masaki
Identified ByD. Boufford (G), May 2015
SourceC. Davidson
Date14 May 2015
CountryUSA
stateNorth Carolina
countyMacon
LocationSouth of the city of Highlands; 0.64 km (0.4 mile) south of the intersection of Whiteside Cove Road and Bullpen Road on Bullpen Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 1603); Slick Rock.1018 m elev.
Lat/LongN 35 01 30 W 083 08 54
NoteShrub less than 1 m.

Local Habitat

4.2km distance

LocationUSA, Macon County, North Carolina, Highlands. Along road to Sunset Rock off Horse Cover Road SE of the city of Highlands., N 35 02 47 W 083 11 13
Date12 May 2015
Ecology Mixed Quercus forest (Q. rubra, Q. coccinea, Q. alba) with Magnolia fraseri and M. tripetala, Acer rubrum and Nyssa sylvatica and mixed ericaceous shrub layer (Epigaea, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia latifolia, Oxydendrum, Vaccinium and Leiophyllum at margin of forest).
CommentMost of the species found here are in forest along and below the road to this outcrop.