Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coult.

  • Filed As

    Myricaceae
    Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coult.

  • Collector(s)

    S. R. Hill 34020A, 15 Jul 2001

  • Location

    United States of America. Maine. Washington Co. Steuben. northeast base of Eagle Hill, northeastern comer of junction of Morgador Road (old Dyer Bay Road) and Schooner Point Drive, Humboldt Field Research Institute, 3.75 miles due south-southeast of junction of Smithville Road and U.S. Route 1. West side of Dye.

  • Habitat

    gravel pit, Sand and gravel quarry, acidic peaty humus, glacier-deposited sand, gravel, granitic - gneissic boulders. Disturbed shrubland, full sun. In dry, well-drained sandy gravel above pits. dominated by Comptonia peregrina, Betula populifolia, Salix spp., Juncus spp., Spiraea, Vaccinium angustifolium, native and exotic weeds. With Aralia hispida, Prunus pensylvanica.

  • Description

    Common shrub 0.5 meter tall, rounded, much-branched, rhizomatous and colonial, with sweet resinous aroma.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4208669

    Occurrence ID: 1b177bd1-777e-48b7-a45c-32be7aef2392

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Maine

  • County/Municipio

    Washington Co.

  • City/Township

    Steuben

  • Locality

    northeast base of Eagle Hill, northeastern comer of junction of Morgador Road (old Dyer Bay Road) and Schooner Point Drive, Humboldt Field Research Institute, 3.75 miles due south-southeast of junction of Smithville Road and U.S. Route 1. West side of Dye

  • Coordinates

    44.4633, -67.9373

  • Location Notes

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Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coulter
Myricaceae
Det.: S. R. Hill, (ILLS) 2001 Sweet fern.
WASHINGTON COUNTY 44° 27.798’ N. Lat. 67°
56.239’ W. Long. Steuben; gravel pit, northeast base
of Eagle Hill, northeastern comer of junction of
Morgador Road (old Dyer Bay Road) and Schooner
Point Drive, Humboldt Field Research Institute, 3.75
miles due south-southeast of junction of Smithville
Road and U.S. Route 1. West side of Dyer Bay.
Elevation 105-130 feet. Sand and gravel quarry, acidic
peaty humus, glacier-deposited sand, gravel, granitic -
gneissic boulders.
Disturbed shrubland, full sun, dominated by
Comptonia peregrina, Betula populifolia, Salix spp.,
Juncus spp., Spiraea, Vaccinium angustifolium, native
and exotic weeds. Common shrub 0.5 meter tall,
rounded, much-branched, rhizomatous and colonial,
with sweet resinous aroma, in dry, well-drained sandy
gravel above pits, with Aralia hispida, Prunus
pensylvanica.
Steven R. Hill 34020A
15 July 2001
04208669