Gaylussacia mosieri Small

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Mississippi

• County/Municipio

  Harrison Co.

• Locality

  Just S of Bethel Road, about 1.9 mi W of the intersection with Rt. 15. DeSoto National Forest

• Elevation

  Alt. 24 m. (79 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.6329, -88.9423

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MISSISSIPPI
Gaylussacia mosieri Small
ERICACEAE
Shrubs to 2.5ft 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
nudata, Carex turgescens, Centella asiatica, Dichanthelium
clandestinum, D. ensifolium var. ensifolium, Elephantopus
tomentosus (?), Eriocaulon compressum, Eryngium
yuccifolium, Eupatorium mohrii, E. pilosum, Hypericum
fasciculatum, Ilex coriacea, I. 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 #3732
With Mac Alford 14 April 2006
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