Gillenia trifoliata (L.) Moench
Rosaceae
| Collection Number | Davidson, C 13005 |
| Collectors | Chris Davidson, D. E. Boufford, Sharon Christoph & Tomomi Masaki |
| Identified By | D. Boufford (G), May 2015 |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 14 May 2015 |
| Country | USA |
| state | North Carolina |
| county | Macon |
| Location | Nantahala National Forest near intersection of Rich Gap Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 1710) and Horse Cove Road (U.S.F.S road 1063) near Bob Padgett giant tulip poplar. 1018 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | N 35 02 43 W 083 10 36 |
| Note | Roadside dirt bank. Harbaceous subshrub; branches to c. 1 m. |
Local Habitat
0.9km distance
| Location | USA, 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 |
| Date | 12 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). |
| Comment | Most of the species found here are in forest along and below the road to this outcrop. |
