Eurybia chlorolepis

Mountain Wood Aster
Conservation status
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Eurybia
Species:	E. chlorolepis
Binomial name
Eurybia chlorolepis (E. S. Burgess) G.L.Nesom

Eurybia chlorolepis, commonly known as the Mountain Wood Aster or Appalachian Heartleaf Aster, is a herbaceous perennial native to the southeastern United States. It is present only at relatively high elevations in the Appalachian mountains. Although it is not considered seriously threatened due to a large number of sites in some of its range, it is often locally endangered and possibly extirpated in the south of its range. The flowers appear in the late summer through the fall and show ray florets that are white to very slightly lilac and yellow disc florets.

Distribution and habitat

E. chlorolepsis is present in the southern range of the Appalachian mountains in the eastern United States. Its grows from Virginia and West Virginia in the north, south through Tennessee and the Carolinas to Georgia where the range terminates. It can be found at elevations of 1200 to 2000 metres in red spruce–Fraser fir forests as well as in cool mixed forests.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Eurybia chlorolepis". Bonnie Mountain. NatureServe. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Eurybia+chlorolepis+. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
2. ^ Brouillet, Luc (2006). "Eurybia chlorolepis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America. 20. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 374. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066745