Louisiana State University, Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU:Vascular Plants)
LSU00123053
48f933ce-27a5-11e3-8d47-005056be0003
GUIS M 3506
GUIS-M-00126
133894
Amaranthus australis (Gray) Sauer
Amaranthaceae
southern amaranth
Stephanie M. Gunn-Zumo
DB-488
2007-05-07
2007-5-7
Diane M. Ferguson
United States, Mississippi, Jackson, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Davis Bayou. Wet basin along bayou included in overgrown and greatly disturbed mixed hardwood forest as a result of Hurricane Katrina along smaller unnamed inlet of Davis Bayou just west of Eagle Point Road.
30.389 -88.7896
UTM: Zone 16, 328060 Em, 3363251 Nm
Wet basin. Soil characteristics: Harleston fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes (330) - deep, moderately well drained, moderately permeable soils, formed in marine or stream deposits consisting of thick beds of sandy loam. Associate plant species: Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Pinus elliottii, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus nigra, Ilex vomitoria, Campsis radicans, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum, Vitis rotundifolia, Hypericum hypericoides, Serenoa repens, Carex longii, Baccharis halimifolia, Rubus trivialis, Callicarpa americana, Aralia spinosa, Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis, Centella erecta, Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Vigna luteola, Tradescantia hirsutiflora, Myrica cerifera, Osmunda cinnamomea, Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa, Borrichia frutescens. Uncommon.