Tovara virginiana (L.) Raf.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  New York

• County/Municipio

  Suffolk Co.

• Locality

  Huntington Station, in the Paumonek Wetland, west of Walt Whitman High School

• Elevation

  Alt. 64 m. (210 ft.)

• Coordinates

  40.8278, -73.4279

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Flora of the Paumonek Wetland, Long Island
Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaert.
NEW YORK, SUFFOLK CO.: Huntington Station, in the Paumonek
Wetland, west of Walt Whitman High School. Medium sized clump
on a slight slope in humus rich woodsy soil. Solid green leaves;
flowers white, male flowers above the female flowers on the
slender raceme. Ocreae pubescent. Flowers visited by golden-
brown ants. Growing in an Oak-Hickory Mesic Woodland with
Tilia cordata, Juglans nigra, Lindera benzoin, Maianthemum
racemosum, and Eurybia divaricata.
Matthew C. Pace 307
40°49.666’N 73°25.671’W
3 August 2008
elev. approx. 64 m