DIVERSITY OF LIFE TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA
Kalmia latifoliaL.
Mitchell NYNYFA TCUSDA NY
accepted accepted accepted
Calico Bush, Mountain Laurel

Ericaceae


BH SPECIMENS FOR Kalmia latifolia (this list may be incomplete)
 ithaca, Cornell University campus, 2 Oct 1933, Ellis 642 (BH 47828);
 Ithaca, Cornell University, Ives Courtyard, south end of courtyard in garden bed adjacent to building., Branching woody shrub with coriaceous leaves. New growth lighter green. Periderm maturing to reddish-brown with fibrous fissure. Recently pruned; no fruit., 4 Oct 2022, Goldman 14 (BH 302681);
 Ithaca, Cornell University, Plant Science courtyard, by Minn's Garden parking lot, shrub with shiny, leathery green leaves, corolla white with ring of pink at throat, campanulate, 15 Jun 1996, Hardy TC96/23 (BH 78732);
 Ithaca, Cornell University, Cornell Plantations, Clement Bray Bowers Rhododendron Collection Area, cultivated garden, slope 30 degrees, population 1, exposed but also large tree above providing some shade, wood chips, shrub, 2m high, leaves papery green and yellow, yellow veins, fruit also papery, light green color of remaining stigma/style sticking out of fruit, light green petals, fruit and stem have black spots, 6 Sep 2008, Smith-Vikos 7 (BH 76999);   VEmap  GOOmap
 Danby, west side of Bald Hill, 16 Jun 1908, Brown (BH 4084);
 west of Dryden, on steep northeastern slope of Beam Hill, under Betula lenta and B. lutea, 11 Jul 1948, Clausen & Rogerson 7266 (BH 4077);
 Ithaca, Fall Creek Ravine, 28 Jun 1875, Dudley (BH 4080);
 Ithaca, Fall Creek, by Suspension Bridge, top of cliff, 11 Jun 1918, Eames 10571 (BH 4083);
 Ithaca, Enfield Ravine, dry woods, lower part, 10 Jun 1913, Eames & MacDaniels 927 (BH 4081);
 Ithaca, Fall Creek, 20 Jun 1870, Jordan (BH 4079);
 Ithaca, lower Enfield Ravine, dry woods, 27 Jun 1913, Palmer 928 (BH 4082);
 Ithaca, 20 Jun 1870, Rowlee (BH 4078);
 Ithaca, Cornell Campus, ILR Quad next to Ives Hall, between sidewalk and building, Cultivated in garden, mulchy soil in partial shade of building, Smooth leaves, big bunch of pale pink flowers with darker pink buds, bush approx. 1.5 m tall, 15 June 2023, Tara Atluri Internship 21 (BH 329566);
 Ithaca, lower end of Enfield Ravine, 4 Jul 1915, Thomas 927 (BH 4085);

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