CHR 464483 – Rhododendron ponticum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 464483
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1989-02-27 (Verbatim: 27-FEB-1989)
Preferred name:
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Kerry, near Killarney, Muckross, Old Boathouse Nature Trail
Verbatim locality:
Kerry, near Killarney, Muckross, Old Boathouse Nature Trail
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 74/89
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
27-FEB-1989
Start date:
1989-02-27
Country:
Ireland
Habitat:
Oak, birch, yew woodland understorey.
Notes:
Large spreading dense shrub 4-5m high. Leaves deep green above, pale b beneath. Old fruits only. Extremely abundant and has "eliminated" other sub- canopy species over a wide area of this oak, birch forest.
Observed species:
Quercus petraea
Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata
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