Cornus drummondii C.A.Mey.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Illinois

• County/Municipio

  Henderson Co.

• Locality

  Just southeast of Mississippi River and artificial levee, New Crystal Lake Hunt Club, about 1 mile north-northeast of Gulfport, west side of Crystal Lake. Burlington 7.5' quadrangle

• Township, Range, Section

  T10N, 6W, NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sect. 27

• Elevation

  Alt. 162 m. (531 ft.)

• Coordinates

  40.83, -91.08

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Cornus drummondii C.A. Mey.
Cornaceae
Det.: S.R.Hill, (ILLS) 2004
HENDERSON COUNTY 40° 50’ 00” N. Lat. 091°
05’ 00” W. Long. T. 10N, R. 6W, NW1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4
SECT. 27 Just southeast of Mississippi River and
artificial levee, New Crystal Lake Hunt Club, about 1
mile north-northeast of Gulfport, west side of Crystal
Lake. Burlington 7.5’ quadrangle. Elevation about 530
feet. Alluvial soil, primarily silt.
Wet-mesic floodplain forest, patchwork of swamps, few
shrubs, trees spaced; dominated by Acer saccharinum,
Fraxinus, Quercus palustris, Ulmus americana;
Toxicodendron radicans and Vitis vines common.
Flowers white; fruit young, leaves dark green above,
glaucous beneath; pith pale tan. Occasional shrub to 2-3
meters tall.
Steven R. Hill, with C. Allsup, A. Morehouse,
and Michael “J.C.” Murphy 35947 10 June 2004
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