Acer saccharum var. rugelii (Pax) Rehder

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  South Carolina

• County/Municipio

  Greenville Co.

• Locality

  Town of Greenville. S of Interstate 85 and W of Augusta Road, motel parking area in flood plain of Brushy Creek

• Elevation

  Alt. 250 m. (820 ft.)

• Coordinates

  34.7939, -82.385

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Flora of North America
Aceraceae
Acer saccharum Marshall var. rugelii (Pax) Rehder
det. D. E. Atha, 2008
United States of America. South Carolina: Greenville Co.
Town of Greenville. S of Interstate 85 and W of Augusta
Road, motel parking area in flood plain of Brushy Creek.
34.793892N, 82.384970W, ca 250 m. (Coordinates and
elevation from hand-held gps and digital atlas; accurate to
within a radius of 10 m).
Tree 18-20 m tall, the trunk ca 80 cm diam; bark rough but
not particularly scaly, grey and black, particularly black at
base of tree; leaf blades ± flat (only somewhat drooping), the
adaxials dark green, the abaxials lighter. This tree may have
been planted.
Sample preserved in silica gel at NY,
Daniel Atha 6182
18 May 2008
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