Currently Accepted Name: | Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L'Hér. |
Locality: | USA. South Carolina. Florence Co.: 1.5 mi. NW of Lake City, in V of junction of US 378 and bypass US 378. |
Description: | Tree with slender stem, 20 ft. tall; flowers yellow, anthers bright orange; odor medium strong, much like Prunus viroiniana and not pleasant. |
Habitat: | Low, locally swampy open woods and thickets dominated by Acer rubrum var. drumondii and Liquidambar styraciflua with prominent shrub layer 5-15 ft. tall of Persea palustris, Magnolia virginiana, Symplocos tinctoria, Leucothoe racemosa, Vaccinium spp., Clethrra alnifolia, Azalea nudiflora, Smilax spp. (evergreen), Viburnum, Aronia floribunda, with occasional colonies of Sphagnum sp. |
Collector: | H. H. Iltis 17161 with C. M. Iltis |