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Article: Noteworthy Collections: VIRGINIA
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- June 1, 2009
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Trillium nivale Riddell (TRILLIACEAE)Rockingham County: Approximately 4.0 km N of Keezletown, off of Mountain Valley Road, at the end of Walnut Hill Drive on forested hillside; 38°26.650'N, 078°46.317'W; elevation ca. 526 m; 30 March 2008. Conley K. McMullen 891 (photo) (JMUH).
Significance. This is the first collection of T. nivale (snow trillium) from Rockingham County, and the second report for Virginia. An earlier collection was made near Forks of Waters in Highland County by Charles E. Stevens on 17 April 1983 [Charles E. Stevens 18455 (VPI)]. The specific location listed by Stevens is "wooded, limestone bluff of South Branch Potomac River ca. 0.15 mi S of where West Virginia line ...