Zizia aptera (A. Gray) Fernald

Apiaceae

Collection NumberDavidson, C 12980
CollectorsChris Davidson, D. E. Boufford, Sharon Christoph & Tomomi Masaki
Identified ByD. Boufford (G), May, 2015
SourceC. Davidson
Date13 May 2015
CountryUSA
stateNorth Carolina
countyClay
LocationWest of the city of Franklin and E of the town of Shooting Creek; 2.25 km (1.4 miles) N of U.S. route 64 on Buck Creek Road; W side of Buck Creek. 943 m elev.
Lat/LongN 35 05 03 W 083 37 00

Local Habitat

1.9km distance

LocationUSA, Clay County, North Carolina, Nantahala National Forest. W of the city of Franklin on U.S. route 64, then NNW on Buck Creek Road to Perry Gap Road (E of Perry Gap); at Barnard's Creek., N 35 05 13 W 083 38 14
Date13 May 2015
EcologySteep to gentle slopes in mixed deciduous forest of Liriodendron tulipifera, Betula lenta and Acer saccharum and diverse herbaceous ground cover including Euonymus obovatus, Disporum lanuginosum, Clintonia umbellulata and Cymophyllus fraserianus.
CommentOur colleague and friend Tomomi Masaki washing dirt from Carex roots.