Phytolacca americana L.

  • Filed As

    Phytolaccaceae
    Phytolacca americana L.

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 15689 with Ken Chaya, Dan Feeser, 27 Jul 2016

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. New York Co. New York City. Central Park. Lake, on island west of Bow Bridge. Between 73rd and 74th Streets and between 7th and 8th Avenues.

  • Habitat

    . "The Lake Island was created in 2007. I think the plants went in Spring 2008. We had covered the island in plastic after cutting down all the phragmites. Then using a bulldozer ripped out all the roots (that part of the lake was drained for restoration at that point); rebuilt the stone outline of the island; added soil mix that Matt Brown and the landscape architects designed; and then planted. The original island, I am not sure how old it was, maybe original to the park. There are old photos of it-- I'm not sure how far back" quote from Regina Alvarez. The canopy of the island now very dense with heterogenous mix of planted (three Taxodium distichum) and spontaneous trees dominated by Morus alba and Ulmus sp (rubra?), the understory very sparse with a few Quercus phellos and Quercus rubra seedlings.

  • Description

    Herb. Not abundant here. Spontaneous. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02688689

    Occurrence ID: dbca85ee-79d1-4dc4-ab68-4e0e1da8c51a

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 02759437, D. E. Atha 15689, Phytolacca americana L. - Accepted : Phytolaccaceae (100.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Caryophyllales

  • Family

    Phytolaccaceae

  • All Determinations

    Phytolacca americana L. det D. E. Atha, 2016

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    New York Co.

  • City/Township

    New York City

  • Locality

    Central Park. Lake, on island west of Bow Bridge. Between 73rd and 74th Streets and between 7th and 8th Avenues

  • Elevation

    Alt. 20 m. (66 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    40.776, -73.9724

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS. 40.776039N, 73.972384W (WGS84, ±25m), ca 20 m elev

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

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Phytolaccaceae
Phytolacca americana L.
det. D. Atha, 2016
United States of America. New York. New York Co. New York City,
Central Park. Lake, on island west of Bow Bridge. Between 73rd and 74th
Streets and between 7th and 8th Avenues. 40.776039N, 73.972384W
(WGS84, ±25m), ca 20 m elev. "The Lake Island was created in 2007. I
think the plants went in Spring 2008. We had covered the island in plastic
after cutting down all the phragmites. Then using a bulldozer ripped out
all the roots (that part of the lake was drained for restoration at that point);
rebuilt the stone outline of the island; added soil mix that Matt Brown and
the landscape architects designed; and then planted. The original island, I
am not sure how old it was, maybe original to the park. There are old
photos of it— I'm not sure how far back" quote from Regina Alvarez. The
canopy of the island now very dense with heterogenous mix of planted
(three Taxodium distichum) and spontaneous trees dominated by Morus
alba and Ulmus sp (rubral), the understory very sparse with a few
Quercus phellos and Quercus rubra seedlings
Herb. Not abundant here. Spontaneous.
Sample preserved in silica gel at NY.
Daniel Atha, Ken Chaya, Dan Feeser 15689 '
27 Jul 2016
02688689