IN SITU PHOTOGRAPHY RELATING TO 

Hypericum radfordiorum Weakley ex J. R. Allison

by James R. Allison. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.  

 

Alexander County, North Carolina: Sugarloaf Mountain

July 23, 2006

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View from Sugarloaf Mountain to two other sites for Hypericum radfordiorum, "Little Sugarloaf Mountain" and (upper left) Joe Mountain.

 

August 25, 2006

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Phemerathus teretifolius (Pursh) Rafinesque [Talinum teretifolium Pursh], a common plant on granitic outcrops of the Southeast, including sites with Hypericum radfordiorum.

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The flora of granite outcrops in the Brushy Mountains includes a number of plants preferring a higher pH or more calcium than is usual for southeastern granitic outcrops. Here is an example, Senna marilandica (L.) Link, more characteristic of calcareous outcrops than siliceous ones.