Kalmia latifolia L.
Ericaceae
| Collection Number | Davidson, C 13002 |
| 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 | South 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/Long | N 35 01 30 W 083 08 54 |
| Note | Shrub 3 m. |
Local Habitat
4.2km 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. |
