THYMELAEACEAE (Mezereum family)

Dirca palustris L. eastern leatherwood [US; Arkansas; Pope County; 35 deg. 33.005'N, 93 deg. 1.578'W; T10N, R19W, S4; 680 feet][on forest floor beneath sweetgum, along drainage, north side of N Fork Road (NF 1310), five miles west of Adams Mountain Road (NF 1328); March 31, 2007; Collected by Chuck Walker; identified by Danny Skojac; #AR65]