| 0 | PI 651845 | R. argutus HDF-2007-072 | Rubus argutus Link | Kansas, United States | COR |  | | 2007 | COLLECTED | 07/07/2007 | Leavenworth County State Fishing Lake. Northwest of Tonganoxie on McLouth Road, west on Parallel Road to park. | 39.12633000, -95.14200000 | 300 | | Wild material | Michael Dossett, Chad Finn collected from Kansas.
| 1733155 | PI 651845 |
| 1 | PI 653291 | R. argutus Lumberton | Rubus argutus Link | North Carolina, United States | COR |  | | 2007 | COLLECTED | 06/03/2007 | Robeson County, Lumberton, west of I-95 on SR 1536 (Carthage Road), east bank at crossing over Saddletree Swamp (Five Mile Branch of Lumber River). | 34.63527000, -79.02874000 | 18 | Dark organic sandy muck soil. Associated Plants: Quercus velutina, Campsus radicans, Pinus echinata, Acer rubrum, Vitis rotundifolia, Juglans nigra, Liquidamber and Juncus. | Wild material | Kim Hummer, Michael Dossett collection from North Carolina.
| 1730084 | PI 653291 |
| 2 | PI 653295 | R. argutus Keener HDF-2007-058 | Rubus argutus Link | Alabama, United States | COR |  | | 2007 | COLLECTED | 06/08/2007 | Etowah County, about 1 mile east of US 11 on Keener Gap Road. Power line right-of-way down to the road. Just west of junction with Scenic Highway at Keener Gap. | 34.15687000, -85.93532000 | 250 | Growing on a southwest facing slope (25 degrees), duff on grey soil from limestone outcrops. Associated Plants: Acer rubrum, Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraceflua and Quercus nigra. | Wild material | Kim Hummer, Michael Dossett collection from Alabama.
| 1730100 | PI 653295 |
| 3 | PI 653297 | R. argutus HD-2007-070 | Rubus argutus Link | Mississippi, United States | COR | | | 2007 | COLLECTED | 06/09/2007 | Marshall County, northwest of Potts Camp off route 178 onto George Mann Road onto Lake Shore Drive at a drainage ditch in the community of Lake Center. | 34.69310000, -89.36150000 | 120 | Open area in drainage ditch growing on the perimeter road of a lake. Associated Plants: Rhus typhina, Vitis rotundifolia, Pinus taeda, Salix sp., Lonicera japonica, Liquidambar styraciflua and Acer negundo. | Wild material | Kim Hummer, Michael Dossett collection from Mississippi.
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| 4 | PI 553343 | 'Navaho' | Rubus argutus Link | Arkansas, United States | COR |  | | 1989 | DEVELOPED | 1989 | | | | | Cultivar | Navaho--1988 (Patent #,) 6679) University of Arkansas (Ark. 583 x Ark. 63 I)--Navaho has great potential as the first upright, thornless blackberry having the best flavor of any blackberry. However, the berries are the smallest of all varieties. It has yields as high as 8,000 pounds or more per acre. The canes should be topped at shoulder height a couple of times during the season. A good berry for shipping.Orig. in Fayetteville, Ark., by J.N. Moore and J.R. Clark, Dept. of Horti-culture, Univ. of Arkansas. Introd. in 1988. (Thornfree x Brazos) x (Ark. 550 x Chero-kee); cross made in 1977; selected in 1980; tested as Ark. 1172. U.S. plant patent 6679; 21 Mar. 1989; assigned to Univ. of Arkan-sas. Fruit: medium (5.0 g); short conic; glossy black; very firm; stores well; high soluble solids, excellent flavor fresh and processed; ripens late, 7 days after Shaw-nee. Plant: genetically thornless, erect canes; suckers poorly from roots; not as productive as Shawnee. Plants and fruit moderately resistant to anthracnose; sus-ceptible to orange rust; moderately resis-tant to rosette. Plants have shown good cold hardiness to -25C.BandO
James N. Moore and John R. Clark cultivar release named for Navaho Indians
Cultivar Synonym= Tested as Ark. 1172
NAMED FOR= Navaho Indians | 1448315 | PI 553343 |
| 5 | PI 672692 | 'Austin Mayes' | Rubus hybr. | Texas, United States | COR | | | 2012 | DEVELOPED | NEAR 1880 | | | | | Cultivar | Rubus baileyanus Britt. is a trailing blackberry found abundantly on dry wooded hills in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. It has clusters of one to three fruits of good quality. Its best known contributions to cultivars are 'Lucretia' and the octopoid 'Austin Mayes', both of which are thought to be R. baileaynus x R. argutus hybrids (Darrow, 1937). The latter was found in Denton County, Texas, about 1880 by John Mayes. A spine-free mutant was discovered later.
It was named 'Austin Thornless'. | 1906479 | PI 672692 |
| 6 | PI 654994 | 'Onyx' | Rubus hybr. | Oregon, United States | COR | | | 2008 | DONATED | 04/29/2008 | | | | | Cultivar | http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/46/4/657.full
‘Onyx’ is a new trailing blackberry (Rubus subg. Rubus Watson) cultivar from the U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) breeding program in Corvallis, OR, released in cooperation with the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. ‘Onyx’ is a vigorous, somewhat erect, thorny, trailing blackberry that produces moderate yields of uniform, firm, and sweet high quality fruit with excellent flavor that are suited for the local and wholesale fresh market. ‘Onyx’ is being released primarily as a result of its outstanding fresh fruit quality in the late season.
‘Onyx’, tested as ORUS 1523-4, was selected in Corvallis, OR, in 1997 from a cross made in 1995 of OSC 1466 and ORUS 1117-11. OSC 1466 was selected in 1966 and has always been noted for its productivity and outstanding fruit quality, especially flavor, but its fruit are small. ORUS 1117-11 is a thornless selection with high yields of late-ripening fruit with excellent quality. ‘Onyx’ is being released
primarily as a result of its outstanding fresh fruit quality in the late season.
https://patents.google.com/patent/USPP22358P2/en
Description and specifications of a new and distinct blackberry cultivar which originated from seed produced by a hand pollinated cross of OSC 1466 (non-patented)×ORUS 1117-11 (non-patented) is provided. This new trailing blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields, large fruit size, excellent fresh fruit quality, mid-late season fruit ripening, and healthy plants.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the discovery of a new and distinct cultivar of blackberry hybrid plant botanically know as a Rubus subgenus Rubus hybrid and herein referred to as ‘ONYX’, as herein described and illustrated.
The new and distinct cultivar of blackberry originated from a hand pollinated cross of OSC 1466 (non-patented)×ORUS 1117-11 (non-patented).
Plants and fruit of this new cultivar differ phenotypically from its parents. The new cultivar is later ripening and larger in fruit size than the female parent OSC 1466 (non-patented) and has firmer, more uniformly shaped fruit than the male parent ORUS 1117-11 (non-patented). The new cultivar also has thorny canes, unlike the ORUS 1117-11 (non-patented) parent. The new cultivar has higher yields of firmer fruit than either of the parent blackberries. Although blackberries (Rubus subgenus Rubus) are highly heterogeneous and outcrossing, and most clones contain genes from more than one species, the new cultivar and its progenitor lines phenotypically exhibit characters predominately of the trailing western United States species, Rubus ursinus Cham et. Schltdl. (western trailing blackberry). Rubus idaeus L., (red raspberry), R. armeniacus Focke (Himalaya blackberry). R. baileyanus Britton, and R. argutus Link Porter (highbush blackberry) can all be found in the pedigree of this new cultivar.
The seeds resulting from this controlled hybridization were germinated in a greenhouse in the winter of 1995 and planted in a field in Corvallis, Oreg. in the spring. The seedlings fruited during the summer of 1997 and one, designated ORUS 1523-4, was selected for its mid-late season ripening, large fruit size, excellent fruit quality, and excellent plant health.
During 1997, the original plant selection was propagated asexually from dormant, hardwood cane cuttings from the above noted location. An observational plot of 3 plants was established at the above noted location and at Aurora, Oreg. in the spring of 1998. Subsequently, larger replicated plantings were established Aurora, Oreg. with asexually multiplied plants.
The new cultivar has been asexually multiplied annually since 1997 by the use of cane cuttings. The new cultivar was established in vitro from a cane cutting and microcuttings have been taken and rooted from this sort of culture. During all asexual multiplication, the characteristics of the original plant have been maintained and no aberrant phenotypes have appeared.
Test plantings over a wide geographic area have shown this new cultivar to be adapted to differing soil and climatic conditions although it is best adapted to Mediterranean type climates where trailing blackberries are typically grown.
Plants of the new cultivar are vigorous and prolific and establish well after planting. Primocanes and floricanes have typical trailing blackberry growth habit. The plants are thorny with size and density of thorns being less than ‘Marion’ (non-patented) at the base, comparable at midpoint, and more thorny at the terminus. The primocanes emerge and grow vertically for 30-60 cm before arching to the ground and growing along the ground. Primocanes are typically lifted and tied onto a trellis system and after going through the dormant period break bud, flower and fruit as floricanes. Plants show no particular susceptibility to anthracnose [Elsinoe veneta (Burkh.) Jenkins], septoria (Septoria rubi Westend), cane blight (Leptosphaeria coniothyrium ([Fuckel] Sacc.) spur blight (Didymella applanata [Niessl] Sacc.), and purple blotch (Septocyta ruborum [Lib.] Petr.) nor have they tested positive for Raspberry bushy dwarf virus. The bloom period of the new cultivar averages 4-5 days later than the ‘Marion’ (non-patented) and 8-11 days later than ‘Black Diamond’ (non-patented).
Fruit of the new cultivar begin ripening 19 days later than ‘Siskiyou’ (non-patented) and 9 days later than ‘Marion’ (non-patented). The average harvest date of 5% ripe fruit is 9 July, of 50% ripe fruit is 16 July, and 1 August for 95% ripe fruit in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and the midpoint of harvest is 7 days later than for ‘Marion’ (non-patented). Fruit yields of the new cultivar are usually around 14, 309 kg/hectare (6.39 tons/acre) and are comparable to those for ‘Marion’ (non-patented). Yields are consistent from year to year.
The fruit is conical, with very uniformly sized, shaped and arranged drupelets giving the fruit a very uniform, attractive shape. The fruit are bright glossy black. The fruit is medium large (6.1 g) and typically 1 g larger than ‘Marion’ (non-patented) and 0.5 g smaller than ‘Siskiyou’ (non-patented). The new cultivar maintains a uniform fruit size throughout the harvest season. The new cultivar exhibits excellent fruit fertility with full drupelet set in contrast to ‘Siskiyou’ (non-patented), which can have poorly set fruit tips; it also has much better drupelet set than ‘Marion’ (non-patented). The fruit is firm at maturity, rating much higher than ‘Marion’ (non-patented) and comparable to ‘Metolius’ (non-patented) and ‘Siskiyou’ (non-patented).
The fresh fruit rates very good in flavor, being comparable to ‘Obsidian’ (non-patented), ‘Metolius’ (non-patented), and ‘Kotata’ (non-patented) but slightly lower than ‘Marion’ (non-patented) or ‘Siskiyou’ (non-patented). The flavor is sweet with a nice acidic balance with aroma typical of western blackberries. The fruit texture is comparable to ‘Marion’ (non-patented), ‘Metolius’ (non-patented), ‘Obsidian’ (non-patented), and ‘Siskiyou’ (non-patented) and the seeds are much less noticeable than in ‘Chester Thornless’ (non-patented) and ‘Ouachita’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,162). The soluble solids concentration averages 13.7% on shiny black fruit, similar to ‘Marion’ (non-patented) (13.3%) and lower than ‘Navaho’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,679), (15.6%). Dry seed weight averages 3.28 mg/seed, and seeds are smaller than those of ‘Marion’ (non-patented) and ‘Black Diamond’ (non-patented) (each 3.95 mg seed).
Fruit clusters are medium-long (similar to ‘Marion’ (non-patented)), cymose, and are mostly borne on the periphery of the plant canopy, providing easy access to harvest. Flower fertility is high and clusters are well filled.
The new cultivar has been named the ONYX cultivar.
| 1777901 | PI 654994 |
| 7 | PI 653298 | R. occidentalis HD-2007-046 | Rubus occidentalis L. | Georgia, United States | COR | | | 2007 | COLLECTED | 06/06/2007 | Dawson County, about 10 miles west of Dahlonega on route 52, near house number 4121 | 34.54920000, -84.09903000 | 485 | Along roadside and powerline right-of-way on steep slope. Associated Plants: Rubus argutus, Plantago major, Quinopodium alba, Rhus radicans, Rhus typhina and Daccus carrota. | Wild material | Kim Hummer, Michael Dossett collection from Georgia.
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| 8 | PI 553127 | R. canadensis NC 86-21-2 | Rubus canadensis L. | Georgia, United States | COR |  | | 1986 | COLLECTED | 08/05/1986 | Brasstown Bald up the road from parking area | 34.83333000, -83.83333000 | 1500 | Brasstown Bald up the road from parking area | Wild material | Excellent population, some introgression with R. argutus | 1448099 | PI 553127 |
| 9 | PI 553128 | R. canadensis NC 86-22-2 | Rubus canadensis L. | North Carolina, United States | COR | | | 1986 | COLLECTED | 08/05/1986 | Franklin, Wine Spring Bald summit | 35.16667000, -83.58333000 | 1815 | Franklin, Wine Spring Bald summit | Wild material | Varying thorniness, possible introgression with R. argutus | 1448100 | PI 553128 |
| 10 | PI 553316 | NC 86-43-4 | Rubus hybr. | North Carolina, United States | COR | | | 1986 | COLLECTED | 08/05/1986 | Boone, in bald area in a saddle that has been grazed | 36.33333000, -81.66667000 | 1500 | Boone, in bald area in a saddle that has been grazed | Wild material | Abundant clone, thorny, elongate fruit with large seeds | 1448288 | PI 553316 |
| 11 | PI 553292 | 'Austin Thornless' | Rubus hybr. | Oklahoma, United States | COR |  | | 1983 | DEVELOPED | 1924 | | | | | Cultivar | Austin Thornless (Thornless Austin).-Orig. in Tecumseh, Okla., by J. Parker. Introd. in 1924. Reported to be an open-pollinated seedling of Mayes; selected about 1918. Fruit: resembles Mayes. Bush: dewberry type; shy bearer; thornlessness dominant; an octoploid (2n = 8x = 56). Received such extensive damage from rabbits feeding on variety during the winter that variety is no longer propagated. valley.-Orig. in Geneva, N.Y., by George L. Slate, New York State Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1950. Pt; selected about 1929. Fruit: large; medium firm; quality good; subacid. Bush: reliable productivity.
Cultivar Synonym= Thornless Austin, Austin Thornless
The octoploid nature of 'Austin Thornless' and its dominant gene for spinelessness make the cultivar suitable for crossing with other forms to produce spine-free hybrids similar to the Loganberry. Early attempts to use it in breeding met with only moderate success but recent work is more promising. Jennings, 1988. | 1448264 | PI 553292 |
| 12 | PI 710477 | NCBG-582 | Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene | North Carolina, United States | S9 |  | | 2018 | | | | | | | Wild material | | 1965981 | PI 710477 |
| 13 | PI 657221 | V. corymbosum Zebulon | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | North Carolina, United States | COR |  | | 2007 | COLLECTED | 06/01/2007 | Zebulon, Wake County. Near sewer right of way on North Worth Hinton Road (SR 2369). | 35.82683000, -78.33110000 | 90 | Organic duff over dark brown sandy soil. Associated with: Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer rubrum, Rhus typhina, Rubus argutus, Pinus palustris and Liriodentdron tulipfera. Near sewer right of way, at edge of dark hardwood forest. | Wild material | Kim Hummer, Michael Dossett collected from North Carolina.
| 1730106 | PI 657221 |
| 14 | PI 657224 | V. fuscatum Glassy Mt. HD-2007-021 | Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton | South Carolina, United States | COR |  | | 2007 | COLLECTED | 06/04/2007 | Glassy Mountain at home number 3786 Glassy Mountain Road, Greenville County. Edge of road. | 35.13435000, -82.36098000 | 675 | Sandy loam duff associated with: Acer rubrum, Vitis palmata, Erigeron annuus, Commelina virginiaca, Oxydendron arboreum, Platanus occidentalis, Phytolacca americana, Quercus nigra, Rubus argutus and R. trivialis. 45 degree southeast slope. | Wild material | Kim Hummer, Michael Dossett collected from South Carolina.
Jim Ballington reidentified this accession as V. fuscatum. Personal communication from 2 August 2021:
From the leaf shape, general yellow-green color of the leaves, and the distinctive size (relative to the size of the berries) and shape of the calyx, my conclusion is that this accession is probably not V. simulatum, but rather the blue-fruited Carolina foothills form of V. fuscatum. | 1730115 | PI 657224 |
| 15 | PI 612569 | F. virginiana subsp. grayana NC 95-21-1 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/12/1995 | Mississippi, Pontotoc county. Trace State Park (just outside Tupelo) | 33.85528000, -88.53917000 | 0 | Along roadside in grassy areas. Found in shade under trees. Scattered and morphologically diverse popl. | Wild material | Update on 1995 F. virginiana Collections in the Southeastern USA James R. Ballington and Jerry A. Payne South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana inthe Coastal Plain. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. Fragaria virginiana from the one verified Coastal Plain location is currently growing in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected.In southeastern Louisiana and in Mississippi, Fragaria virginiana was not abundant either, and no accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. viriniana were collected from east central and northeastern Mississippi. Occurring in small outcroppings of prairie in these regions. Characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone, and a scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Within such prairies, F. virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. The collecting trips raised serious questions concerning the statusof Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be in areas such as the coastal plain of South Carolina, southern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana? People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or generally in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. The abundance of these two species was about what we had hoped for F. virginiana. | 1507734 | PI 612569 |
| 16 | PI 616689 | F. virginiana subsp. virginiana NC 95-4-1 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. virginiana | South Carolina, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 06/12/1995 | South Carolina, Williamsburg county, Creel Farm, Henry community. South from Hemingway on SC 41 to county road 121 , left on 121 for 4.5 miles to SC 512 in Henry. Just across SC 512 on 121, to Creel farm. | 34.32111000, -79.28556000 | 0 | Woodland, currently w/ a heavy canopy of mostly deciduous trees. V. tenellum, R. trivialis and R. flagellans occasionally in the woods and along the field edge. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507705 | PI 616689 |
| 17 | PI 616691 | F. virginiana subsp. virginiana NC 95-11-1 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. virginiana | South Carolina, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 06/16/1995 | South Carolina, Abbeville county, Sumter National Forest. FS Road 520 at White Creek Bridge. | 34.08972000, -82.41028000 | 0 | Modest colony of F. virginiana in shade in shallow ditch by road side (above creek). Good moisture and moisture holding capacity. Sig. comp. from grasses & lugumes + Lonicera hallii & tree sdlg. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507708 | PI 616691 |
| 18 | PI 616695 | F. virginiana subsp. virginiana NC 95-12-4 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. virginiana | South Carolina, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 06/17/1995 | South Carolina, Greenwood county, Greenwood State Park. Along road 207 that fronts the Park boundary. | 34.18944000, -82.96528000 | 0 | Upland - very disturbed area, apparently clearcut 2 yrs ago. Some areas of bare soil. Clearcut cornered with established 30 year old pines. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507712 | PI 616695 |
| 19 | PI 616700 | F. virginiana NC 95-16-6 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/10/1995 | Mississippi, Oktibbeha county. From Starkville, E on Hwy 82/182 2.2 mi to sec rd 16. L on sec rd 16 4.6 mi to Rock Hill Rd. Righton Rock Hill Rd for 1.6 mi. | 33.54611000, -88.71472000 | 0 | On right: almost excl in shade of Juniperus virgiana, shallow soil over exposed chalk - shade appeared critical for survival. On left: more or less open, competing w/ grasses & R. trivialis. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507717 | PI 616700 |
| 20 | PI 616701 | F. virginiana NC 95-17-1 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/10/1995 | Mississippi, Oktibbeha county. E on Hwy 82 to Old Mayhew Road. Right on Old Mayhew 0.8 mi to unpaved road heading uphill to left. Left on unpaved rd 0.5 mi to nat'l gas pipeling right of way. | 33.45778000, -88.77056000 | 0 | A significant popl of F. virginiana occurred under J. virginiana trees in an extended cedar glade on slopes above a meadow. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507718 | PI 616701 |
| 21 | PI 616702 | F. virginiana NC 95-17-2 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/10/1995 | Mississippi, Oktibbeha county. E on Hwy 82 to Old Mayhew Road. Right on Old Mayhew 0.8 mi to unpaved road heading uphill to left. Left on unpaved rd 0.5 mi to nat'l gas pipeling right of way. | 33.45778000, -88.77056000 | 0 | A significant popl of F. virginiana occurred under J. virginiana trees in an extended cedar glade on slopes above a meadow. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507719 | PI 616702 |
| 22 | PI 616703 | F. virginiana NC 95-17-3 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/10/1995 | Mississippi, Oktibbeha county. E on Hwy 82 to Old Mayhew Road. Right on Old Mayhew 0.8 mi to unpaved road heading uphill to left. Left on unpaved rd 0.5 mi to nat'l gas pipeling right of way. | 33.45778000, -88.77056000 | 0 | A significant popl of F. virginiana occurred under J. virginiana trees in an extended cedar glade on slopes above a meadow. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507720 | PI 616703 |
| 23 | PI 616706 | F. virginiana subsp. grayana NC 95-17-6 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/10/1995 | Mississippi, Oktibbeha county. E on Hwy 82 to Old Mayhew Road. Right on Old Mayhew 0.8 mi to unpaved road heading uphill to left. Left on unpaved rd 0.5 mi to nat'l gas pipeling right of way. | 33.45778000, -88.77056000 | 0 | A significant popl of F. virginiana occurred under J. virginiana trees in an extended cedar glade on slopes above a meadow. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507723 | PI 616706 |
| 24 | PI 616707 | F. virginiana NC 95-18-1 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/11/1995 | Mississippi, Monroe county. Hwy 45 north to Hwy 278. E on Hwy 278to Central Grove Rd. Right on Peacely Ferry Rd. 1.1 mi. | 33.45750000, -88.77056000 | 0 | Cedar glade on both roadsides, with F. virginiana scattered on the site under J. virginiana, always under heavy shade. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507724 | PI 616707 |
| 25 | PI 616708 | F. virginiana NC 95-18-2 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/11/1995 | Mississippi, Monroe county. Hwy 45 north to Hwy 278. E on Hwy 278to Central Grove Rd. Right on Peacely Ferry Rd. 1.1 mi. | 33.45750000, -88.77056000 | 0 | Cedar glade on both roadsides, with F. virginiana scattered on the site under J. virginiana, always under heavy shade. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507725 | PI 616708 |
| 26 | PI 616710 | F. virginiana subsp. grayana NC 95-18-6 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/11/1995 | Mississippi, Monroe county. Hwy 45 north to Hwy 278. E on Hwy 278to Central Grove Rd. Right on Peacely Ferry Rd. 1.1 mi. | 33.45750000, -88.77056000 | 0 | Cedar glade on both roadsides, with F. virginiana scattered on the site under J. virginiana, always under heavy shade. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507727 | PI 616710 |
| 27 | PI 616712 | F. virginiana NC 95-19-3 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/11/1995 | Mississippi, Monroe county. Hwy 278 1.8 mi from Lake Monroe Rd to Wrenwood Rd. L on Wrenwood (an unpaved rd to Presbyterian Church Camp). Site 0.75 mi off road to the right, behind caretakers home. | 34.00750000, -88.57139000 | 0 | Cedar glade with occasional F. virginiana, mostly in heavy shade, but with several colonies extending out into open areas. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507730 | PI 616712 |
| 28 | PI 616713 | F. virginiana NC 95-19-4 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/11/1995 | Mississippi, Monroe county. Hwy 278 1.8 mi from Lake Monroe Rd to Wrenwood Rd. L on Wrenwood (an unpaved rd to Presbyterian Church Camp). Site 0.75 mi off road to the right, behind caretakers home. | 34.00750000, -88.57139000 | 0 | Cedar glade with occasional F. virginiana, mostly in heavy shade, but with several colonies extending out into open areas. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507731 | PI 616713 |
| 29 | PI 616716 | F. virginiana NC 95-21-2 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/12/1995 | Mississippi, Pontotoc county. Trace State Park (just outside Tupelo) | 33.85528000, -88.53917000 | 0 | Along roadside in grassy areas. Found in shade under trees. Scattered and morphologically diverse popl. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507735 | PI 616716 |
| 30 | PI 616717 | F. virginiana NC 95-21-3 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/12/1995 | Mississippi, Pontotoc county. Trace State Park (just outside Tupelo) | 33.85528000, -88.53917000 | 0 | Along roadside in grassy areas. Found in shade under trees. Scattered and morphologically diverse popl. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507736 | PI 616717 |
| 31 | PI 616718 | F. virginiana NC 95-21-4A | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/12/1995 | Mississippi, Pontotoc county. Trace State Park (just outside Tupelo) | 33.85528000, -88.53917000 | 0 | Along roadside in grassy areas. Found in shade under trees. Scattered and morphologically diverse popl. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507737 | PI 616718 |
| 32 | PI 616720 | F. virginiana subsp. grayana NC 95-21-5 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/12/1995 | Mississippi, Pontotoc county. Trace State Park (just outside Tupelo) | 33.85528000, -88.53917000 | 0 | Along roadside in grassy areas. Found in shade under trees. Scattered and morphologically diverse popl. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507739 | PI 616720 |
| 33 | PI 616721 | F. virginiana subsp. grayana NC 95-21-6 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR | | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/12/1995 | Mississippi, Pontotoc county. Trace State Park (just outside Tupelo) | 33.85528000, -88.53917000 | 0 | Along roadside in grassy areas. Found in shade under trees. Scattered and morphologically diverse popl. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507740 | PI 616721 |
| 34 | PI 616723 | NC 95-22-4 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/13/1995 | Mississippi, Tishomingo county, Tishomingo State Park. | 34.26028000, -88.88583000 | 0 | Upper piedmont vegetation on ridges and in deep shady ravines; closely resembling the Applachians where rock outcrops occur. V. arboreum, V. elliotii fairly abundant. Scattering of Rubus spp | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507742 | PI 616723 |
| 35 | PI 616724 | F. virginiana NC 95-22-5 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/13/1995 | Mississippi, Tishomingo county, Tishomingo State Park. | 34.26028000, -88.88583000 | 0 | Upper piedmont vegetation on ridges and in deep shady ravines; closely resembling the Applachians where rock outcrops occur. V. arboreum, V. elliotii fairly abundant. Scattering of Rubus spp | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507743 | PI 616724 |
| 36 | PI 616725 | F. virginiana NC 95-16-1 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/10/1995 | Mississippi, Oktibbeha county. From Starkville, E on Hwy 82/182 2.2 mi to sec rd 16. L on sec rd 16 4.6 mi to Rock Hill Rd. Righton Rock Hill Rd for 1.6 mi. | 33.54611000, -88.71472000 | 0 | On right: almost excl in shade of Juniperus virgiana, shallow soil over exposed chalk - shade appeared critical for survival. On left: more or less open, competing w/ grasses & R. trivialis. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507744 | PI 616725 |
| 37 | PI 616726 | F. virginiana NC 95-18-4 | Fragaria virginiana Mill. subsp. grayana (Vilm. ex J. Gay) Staudt | Mississippi, United States | COR |  | Out of Season | 1995 | COLLECTED | 07/11/1995 | Mississippi, Monroe county. Hwy 45 north to Hwy 278. E on Hwy 278to Central Grove Rd. Right on Peacely Ferry Rd. 1.1 mi. | 33.45750000, -88.77056000 | 0 | Cedar glade on both roadsides, with F. virginiana scattered on the site under J. virginiana, always under heavy shade. | Wild material | South Carolina was extremely frustrating, by the middle of the week we had only verified the existence of one location for Fragaria virginiana in the Coastal Plain, so we moved over into the southern piedmont. Three accessions were located in the Edgefield District of Sumter National Forest and four in Greenwood State Park. The one verified Coastal Plain location is in a garden near Lexington, SC. Twelve accessions of Vaccinium spp., four of Gaylussacia frondosa, and one of Rubus argutus were also collected. Southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi were more successful, but not abundant in these areas either. No accessions were found south of Starkville, MS. Specific previous sites were visited near Hattisburg and Laurel, MS, but F. virginiana was no longer present. A total 33 accessions of F. virginiana were collected from east central and northeastern MS, occurring in small outcroppings of prairie; characterized by a very thin layer of 'usually' sticky black soil over decaying limestone with scattered to dense overstory of Juniperus virginiana. Fragaria virginiana was often found growing directly under J. virginiana where little other vegetation occurred. Dr. Sidney McDaniel of Mississippi State University refers to these areas as 'cedar prairie woodlands'. In addition to F. virginiana, 14 accessions of Vaccinium spp. and two accessions Rubus flagellaris were also collected. These trips raise serious questions concerning the status of Fragaria virginiana in the southeastern US. Is it really as rare as it appears to be? In Greenwood State Park in South Carolina, the species was pioneering on bare ground two years after clearcutting. In Mississippi it was not found in such areas, although one herbarium specimen came from the edged of wildlife food plot. People in almost every area told us how abundant wild strawberries were on their property or in their region, but these almost always turned out to be either Duchesnea indica, or Potentilla canadensis. | 1507745 | PI 616726 |
| 38 | PI 560088 | MPW-WWR 218 | Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. | Tennessee, United States | NC7 | | | 1989 | COLLECTED | 09/14/1989 | On old railroad ballast with Cassia nictitans, Rubus argutus Rhus copallina, and Cirsium sp. Christian Camp, 1.25 mi S Hampton center, on old ET & WNCRR r.o.w., near Doe River Gorge, Elizabethton quad. Hampton city, in Carter Cty. | 36.26666667, -82.16666667 | 576 | | Wild material | Population of 8 scattered plants. | 1455060 | PI 560088 |
| 39 | W6 57555 | NCBG-598 | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | Virginia, United States | W6 |  | | 2019 | | | | | | | Wild material | | 2098479 | W6 57555 |
| 40 | W6 54787 | NCBG-699 | Chrysopsis mariana (L.) Elliott | North Carolina, United States | W6 |  | | 2018 | | | | | | | Wild material | Chrysopsis mariana | 1966013 | W6 54787 |