Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Delaware

• County/Municipio

  Sussex Co.

• Locality

  In the "Cypress Swamp" at the NE side of a small, square borrow-pit-pond, about 100 ft S of Rt. 54 (Cypress Road), about 2.0 mi W of the intersection with Parker Road.

• Elevation

  Alt. 11 m. (36 ft.)

• Coordinates

  38.4721, -75.2912

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84/NAD83

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Harvard University, Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OP DELAWARE
Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.
ERICACEAE
Shrub 8ft tall, uncommon. Growing in a forest in
mostly shade, in seasonally flooded, sandy/organic soil
(except this year, which is very dry; Mullica-Berryland
complex, 0-2% slopes; coarse-loamy, siliceous,
semiactive, acid, mesic Typic Humaquepts to sandy,
siliceous, mesic Typic Alaquods). Growing with Acer
rubrum, Campsis radicans, Chasmanthium laxum,
Clethra alnifolia, Decodon verticillatus, Liquidambar
styraciflua, Magnolia virginiana, Myrica cerifera,
Pinus taeda, Quercus nigra, Q. phellos (rare),
Rhododendron viscosum, Smilax rotundifolia,
Toxicodendron radicans, Vaccinium corymbosum &
Woodwardia virginica. In the “Cypress Swamp”, at the
NE side of a small, square borrow-pit-pond, about 100ft
S. of Rt. 54 (Cypress Road), about 2.0mi W. of the
intersection with Parker Road. Sussex Co. Elev. about
37ft. 38° 28' 19.6"N, 75° 17' 28.2"W; UTM 18
474604E, 4258238N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3964
28 September 2007
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