Vaccinium angustifolium Benth.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Vaccinium angustifolium Benth.

  • Collector(s)

    M. C. Pace 549, 30 Apr 2011

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Nassau Co. Stillwell Woods County Park, Woodbury, just north of the Long Island Railroad tracks. Long Island.

  • Habitat

    In a flat area south of steep slope, with exposed sand and 'tree islands.' In very sandy, gravelly soil with a thick oak-leaf litter layer interspersed with bare areas thickly covered in mosses; directly next to open sand (with deep hoof-prints). Growing with Quercus stellata, and Quercus velutina. Frequent in the area.

  • Description

    Low, creeping/suckering shrub, stems reddish-brown. Heavily in flower, heavily visited by flying insects. New growth tinged red. Patch approx. 1.5 x 2.4 m, very dense. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01283755

    Occurrence ID: 45be9948-7700-4383-aa50-48dd14e7509b

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Nassau Co.

  • Locality

    Stillwell Woods County Park, Woodbury, just north of the Long Island Railroad tracks. Long Island

  • Coordinates

    40.8291, -73.4684

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

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BOTANICAL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01283755
Flora of Long Island. New York. USA
Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.
NEW YORK, NASSAU CO.: Stillwell Woods County Park, Woodbury,
just north of the Long Island Railroad tracks. Low, creeping/suckering
shrub, stems reddish-brown. Heavily in flower, heavily visited by flying
insects. New growth tinged red. Patch approx. 1.5 x 2.4 m, very dense.
Frequent in the area. In a flat area south of steep slope, with exposed sand
and ‘tree islands’. In very sandy, gravelly soil with a thick oak-leaf litter
layer interspersed with bare areas thickly covered in mosses; directly next to
open sand (with deer hoof-prints). Growing with Quercus stellata, and
Quercus velutina.
Matthew Pace 549
30 April 2011
40°49’44.7”N 73°28’06.2”W
Ericaceae
01283755