Native to 47 botanical countries across Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, North Carolina, Macon (Franklin)
35.093611, -83.520556
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest road off old U.S. route 64 (highway 1448), SW of city of Franklin; near Standing Indian on trail to Wasilik Poplar. 1115 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Notes
Monocaul treelet c. 0.3 m.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#163,319 of 335,497
Top 49%
Extinction probability
10%