Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C.Barton

1 59s/ us
Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF NEW JERSEY
Lespedeza repens (L.) Barton
FABACEAE
Low-creeping herbs, many-branched from a caudex,
occasional, flowers pink with purple at the center of the
banner. Growing in an open, dry forest, burned every two
years or so, in quartz sand & gravel (Evesboro sand, 0-5%
slopes; mesic, coated Lamellic Quartzipsamments). Growing
with Agalinis setacea, Andropogon virginicus, Antennaria sp.,
Aristida longespica var. geniculata, Aureolaria pedicularia
var. pedicularia, Baptisia tinctoria, Carex pensylvanica,
Chamaecrista nictitans, Chrysopsis mariana, Cladonia spp.,
Comptonia peregrina, Conyza canadensis, Danthonia spicata
(rare), Desmodium paniculatum, Dichanthelium
sphaerocarpon, Diodia teres, Eragrostis spectabilis,
Gaylussacia dumosa, Gnaphalium obtusifolium
(?=Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium), Helianthemum spp.,
Hieracium venosum (?), Hypericum gentianoides, lonactus
(Aster) linariifolius, Juncus tenuis, Lespedeza cuneata, L.
hirta, L. hirta x L. intermedia (=Lespedeza x nuttallii Dari.),
L. intermedia, Liatris graminifolia (=L. pilosa), Linaria
canadensis, Panicum virgatum (rare), Pinus echinata, P.
rigida, P. strobus (rare), Polygonella articulata, Quercus
alba, Q. montana, Q. stellata (rare), Q. velutina,
Schizachyrium scoparium, Smilax glauca, Solidago bicolor, S.
erecta, Symphyotrichum patens (-Aster patens), Tephrosia
virginica, Trichostema dichotomum, Tridens flavus &
Vaccinium pallidum. On the grounds of the Rutgers
University Pinelands Field Station, within 400ft of the W.
side of New Lisbon - Four Mile Road (Rt. 646), about 1. Imi
N. of the intersection with routes 70 & 72. Burlington Co.
Elev. about 110ft. All plants collected within a few hundred
feet of this point: 39° 54' 58.7"N, 74° 35' 51.4"W. UTM 18
5343 89E, 4418544N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3824
11 September 2006
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