Clethra alnifolia L.

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Clethra alnifolia L.
CLETHRACEAE
Shrub 7ft tall, common, leaves senescing for the season.
Growing in powerline right-of-way (heavily mowed in the
last six months) in a shrubby swamp in wet, organic soil
(Freetown muck, 0-1% slopes; dysic, mesic Typic
Haplosaprists). Growing with Acer rubrum, Alnus
serrulata, Asterpuniceus, Calamagrostis sp., Carex spp.,
Chamaecyparis thyoides, Chamaedaphne calyculata (rare),
Dulichium arundinaceum (rare), Ilex verticillata, Juncus
effusus, Lyonia ligustrina, Pinus strobus, Polygonum
arifolium (?), Polytrichum sp., Rhododendron viscosum,
Rosa palustris, Salix cinerea, Sambucus canadensis, Scirpus
cyperinus, Sphagnum spp., Spiraea tomentosa, Vaccinium
corymbosum & Viola lanceolata. Along Destruction Brook,
about 0. lmi NE of an electrical substation to the N. of
Fisher Road. Dartmouth, Bristol Co. Elev. about 90ft. 41°
35’ 35.8"N, 71° 01' 48.7"W. UTM 19 330795E, 4606613N
(NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3675
30 October 2005
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