Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus var. henryae Jenne ex C. Lane. Common name: Small-leaved Witch-hazel. Phenology: Nov-Jan. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhill margins, xeric hammocks, streamheads, xeric river bluffs in the Fall-line Sandhills. Distribution: Sc. NC (Hoke County), e. SC (Horry and Hampton counties), s. GA, and Panhandle FL west to se. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Though cited in Lane (2005) as var. henryi, the honoree is collector Mary G. Henry; thus the honorific epithet is corrected to the feminine. Additional study is needed of these small-leaved Coastal Plain populations.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Hamamelis virginiana L. var. henryi Jenne ex C.Lane — Jenne (1966), Lane (2005), orthographic error; < Hamamelis virginiana L. — Fl2, FNA3, GW2, K4, NS, RAB, S, S13, WH3; < Hamamelis virginiana L. var. virginiana — POWO; Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus var. henryae Jenne ex C. Lane. Basionym: Hamamelis virginiana L. var. henryae Jenne ex C.Lane 2005
Links to other floras: < Hamamelis virginiana - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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