Eurybia divaricata (L.) G.L.Nesom

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Middlesex Co.

• City/Township

  Cambridge

• Locality

  to the S. side of Fresh Pond, just N. of Huron Avenue

• Elevation

  Alt. 11 m. (36 ft.)

• Coordinates

  42.3792, -71.1482

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

5' i JS
Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Eurybia divaricata (L.) G.L. Nesom
[= Aster divaricatus L.]
ASTERACEAE
Herbs to 2.5ft tall, locally abundant, often forming large
colonies, ray petals white, disk flowers yellow-white &
becoming purple-brown* stems green to blackish. Growing
on a moderate NE-facing slope in a shady forest dominated by
white pine planted perhaps 70 years earlier, in loamy soil
(Scio very fine sandy loam, 3-8% slopes; coarse-silty, mixed,
active, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts). Growing with Acer
platanoides, Arctium sp., Betula populifolia, Bidens frondosa,
Celastrus orbiculatus, Circaea lutetiana (?), Fraxinus
americana, Geum canadense, Moms alba, Phytolacca
americana, Pinus strobus, Polygonum caespitosum var.
longisetum, Prunus serótina, P. virginiana, Quercus rubra,
Rhamnus frangula (= Frangula alnus), Rubus occidentalis, R.
pensylvanicus (?), Sambucus canadensis, Solanum
dulcamara, Solidago rugosa, Symphyotrichum cordifolium (=
Aster cordifolius) & Toxicodendron radicans. To the S. side
of Fresh Pond, just N. of Huron Avenue. Cambridge,
Middlesex Co. Elev. about 35ft. Approximate location: 42°
22’ 45.0"N, 71° 08' 53.5"W. UTM 19 323148E, 4694112N
(NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3843
10 October 2006
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