Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm.

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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MISSISSIPPI
Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm.
AQUIFOLIACEAE
Shrub 15ft tall, common. Growing in the ecotone between a
pine savanna & a narrow, shrubby gallery woodland along a
vernal stream or wet swale, in sandy/organic soil (Saucier,
Smithton, and Susquehanna soils, rolling; Saucier: fine-
loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudults;
Smithon: coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic
Paleaquults; Susquehanna: fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic
Paleudalfs). Growing with Acer rubrum, Andropogon spp.,
Anthaenantia rufa, Aronia arbutifolia, Arundinaria gigantea,
Aster adnatus, Bigelowia nudala, Carex turgescens, Centella
asiatica, Dichanthelium clandestinum, D. ensifolium var.
ensifolium, Elephantopus tomentosus (?), Eriocaulon
compressum, Eryngium yuccifolium, Eupatorium mohrii, E.
pilosum, Gaylussacia mosieri, Hypericum fasciculatum, Ilex
glabra, I. vomitoria, Liatris sp., Lycopodiella alopecuroides,
Magnolia virginiana, Myrica carolinensis (= M.
heterophylla), M. cerifera, Nyssa biflora, Pinus elliottii, P.
palustris, Pityopsis graminifolia, Rhexia alifanus, R. mariana
(?), Rubus argutus, Sarracenia alata, Smilax laurifolia,
Solidago rugosa, Sphagnum affine, Symplocos tinctoria,
Toxicodendron radicans, T. vernix, Viburnum nudum,
Woodwardia areolata & Xyris fimbriata. Just S. of Bethel
Road, about 1.9mi W. of the intersection with Rt. 15. DeSoto
National Forest, Harrison Co. Elev. about 80ft. 30° 37'
58.5"N, 88° 56' 32.2"W. UTM 16 313854E, 3390530N
(NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3736
With Mac Alford 14 April 2006
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