DIVERSITY OF LIFE

TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA

Silene stellata (L.) Ait. f.	Mitchell NY NYFA TC USDA NY accepted accepted accepted

Starry Campion
Caryophyllaceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Dry open woods, in stony or gravelly acid soils with some admixture of clay; scarce. July-Aug. E. slope of Cayuga Lake; near cemetery, University Ave., Ithaca; near the Nook (D.); Renwick slope (D.!) ; near McKinneys; Salmon Creek ravine. A plant of the heavier oak-vaccinium soils, and therefore rarely if ever found in the sandy chestnut woods back on the hills and at Junius. Mass. to Minn., southw. to Ga., Ark., and Tex.; infrequent on the Coastal Plain.

BH SPECIMENS FOR Silene stellata (this list may be incomplete)

Ludlowville, wooded banks, 14 Aug 1882, Curtice (BH 150258);
City of Ithaca, Renwick Slope natural area, along lower section of rocky trail, near Remington Road access point, on well-drained, thin soils, Two plants in fruit., 31 Aug 2020, Tal 9263 (BH 284448);	VEmap	GOOmap
Ithaca, South Hill, south of Chain Works, along east bank, 7 Aug 1940, Boyle 20159 (BH 15249);
near Lake-view House, dry woods, 26 Jul 1845, Dudley (BH 15242);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, near old St railroad embankment above Renwick, dry woods, 13 Sep 1915, Eames 4035 (BH 15245);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, above Renwick, near old street railroad embankment, dry woods, 15 Aug 1915, Eames & MacDaniels 4036 (BH 15243);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, near old St railroad embankment above Renwick, dry woods, 15 Aug 1915, Eames & MacDaniels 4036 (BH 15244);
Lansing, N of McKinney's, dry oak woods, 26 Jul 1916, Metcalf & Reidy 6423 (BH 15248);
Ithaca, 26 Jul 1875, Rowlee (BH 15250);
Ithaca, beyond the Nook, ravine, 31 Jul 1893, Wiegand (BH 15246);
Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, Renwick slope, dry open chestnut woods, 31 Jul 1915, Wiegand 4033 (BH 15247);

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