Currently Accepted Name: | Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald - Determined By: S. R. Hill, 2001 |
Locality: | USA. Illinois. Saint Clair Co.: Scott Air Force Base; ca. 3.5 mi. ESE of Shiloh, W side of Silver Creek between airport taxi runway and Norfolk Southern Railway; Lebanon 7.5' quadrangle. T1N, R7W, Sec. 12, SW¼. 38º 32’ 40” N 89º 49’ 41” W |
Description: | Locally common short vine (ca. 1 m long) matted on low herbs, especially common on levee near stream. |
Habitat: | Alluvial soil, moist to wet clay loam, stream-river terrace; floodplain forest, relatively undisturbed and diverse, with Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Quercus spp., Carya laciniosa, Acer saccharinum, Ilex decidua, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Cornus drummondii. |