Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (Torr. & A.Gray) Schery

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Colorado Co.

• Locality

  Fleming Formation, along S side of Harvey Creek below small dam, 1.0-1.1 airmiles W of its mouth at Colorado River. Borden Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 70 - 76 m. (230 - 249 ft.)

• Coordinates

  29.7322, -96.6809

• Distribution

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FLORA OF TEXAS
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Malvaviscus arboreus Dill, ex Cav.
var. drummondii (T. & G.) Schery
COLORADO CO.: common in live oak - eastern red cedar
woodland on moderately steep N-facing slope underlain by
Miocene clay or calcareous sandstone of the Fleming
Formation, along S side of Harvey Creek ca. 1.0-1.1
airmiles W of its mouth at Colorado River, at N29°43.930’,
W096°40.857\ Borden Quadrangle. Elev. 230-250 ft.
Associates included Callicarpa americana, Carex cherokeensis,
Chasmanthium latifolium, C. sessilifolium, Comus florida, Dichanthelium
ravenelii, Ilex decidua, I. vomitoria, Juglans nigra, Juniperus virginiana,
Oplismenus setarius, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Quercus (virginiana?),
Scutellaria ovata, Smilax bona-nox, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Ulmus
crassifolia, Verbesina virginica, Vitis mustangensis, Yucca aloifolia.
W. R. Carr
#33236
17 June 2013
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