Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K.Koch

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Florida

• County/Municipio

  Highlands Co.

• Locality

  Along the S side of Long Cypress Cut, about 0.25 mi E of the intersection with Van Eeghen road. Avon Park Air Force Range

• Elevation

  Alt. 20 m. (66 ft.)

• Coordinates

  37.5788, -81.2807

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF FLORIDA
Coll. Doug Goldman #3702
8 April 2006
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch
ERICACEAE
Shrub 7ft tall, occasional, flowers pink, plant mostly
fruiting. Growing at the edge of a swamp forest beside
a road, in a mix of calcareous road fill & moist to wet
sandy to organic loam adjacent to Sanibel Muck (sandy,
siliceous, hyperthermic Histic Humaquepts). Growing
with Blechnum serrulatum, Centella asiatica,
Harrisella porrecta, Ilex cassine var. cassine, I. glabra,
Magnolia virginiana, Myrica cerifera, Nyssa sylvatica
var. biflora, Osmunda regalis, Persea palustris, Phyla
sp., Pinus elliottii, Serenoa repens, Smilax laurifolia,
Taxodium ascendens, Thelypteris kunthii, Tillandsia
fasciculata & T. usneoides. Along the S. side of Long
Cypress Cut, about 0.25mi E. of the intersection with
Van Eeghen road. Avon Park Air Force Range,
Highlands Co. Elev. about 65ft. 27° 34' 43.8"N, 81°
16' 50.5"W. UTM 17 472295E, 3050579N
(NAD83/WGS84).
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