OCTOBER COLLECTIONS

Oct. 1, 2006

Bronx Co., New York

54674 Fagaceae Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.

det. M. Nee, 2006

Bronx, New York Botanical Garden. Voucher for a leaf tissue and DNA sample collected for the New York Botanical Garden Forest DNA Barcoding Project; funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Native tree 20 m. tall, 1 m. in diameter, base of slope of the Forest and floodplain of Bronx River near bridge by Lower Twin Lake. The husks dehisced and the mature fruit visible.

40°51'58"N, 73°52'31"W. alt. 60 ft.

The same tree collected in full flower on 20 April 2006 under no. Nee & Cameron 54270.