Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Bristol Co.

• Locality

  Destruction Brook, about 0.1 mi. NE of an electrical substation to the N of Fisher Road. Dartmouth, Bristol Col.

• Elevation

  Alt. 27 m. (89 ft.)

• Coordinates

  41.5933, -71.0302

• Distribution

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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.
ERICACEAE
Shrub 6ft tall, common. Growing in powerline right-of-
way (heavily mowed in the last six months) in a
shrubby swamp in wet, organic soil (Freetown muck, 0-
1% slopes; dysic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists). Growing
with Acer rubrum, Alnus serrulata, Aster puniceus,
Calamagrostis sp., Carex spp., Chamaecyparis
thyoides, Chamaedaphne calyculata (rare), Clethra
alnifolia, Dulichium arundinaceum (rare), Ilex
verticillata, Juncus effusus, Lyonia ligustrina, Pinus
strobus, Polygonum arifolium (?), Polytrichum sp.,
Rosa palustris, Salix cinerea, Sambucus canadensis,
Scirpus cyperinus, Sphagnum spp., Spiraea tomentosa,
Vaccinium corymbosum & Viola lanceolata. Along
Destruction Brook, about O.lmi NE of an electrical
substation to the N. of Fisher Road. Dartmouth, Bristol
Co. Elev. about 90ft. 41° 35' 35.8"N, 71° 01' 48.7"W.
UTM 19.330795E, 4606613N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3676
30 October 2005
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