Currently Accepted Name: | Acer saccharum Marshall subsp. leucoderme (Small) Sudw. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Jan 2014 |
Locality: | USA. South Carolina. Pickens Co.: Along Todd's Creek W of Brookbend Road crossing, ca. 5 mi. N of junction of SC- 133 and US 123/76, Clemson; Upper Piedmont. |
Description: | Occasional small tree 4-8 m tall, low branched; flowers pale green, pendulous, emerging with leaves; bark pale grey, smooth. |
Habitat: | Moist humus over gneissic granite bedrock and talus, N facing slopes of lower creek near spring; mesic forest, seeps, and creek terrace, with Quercus spp., Pinus spp., Carpinus, Xanthorhiza, Alnus, Halesia, Fagus; shaded. |