rockm

This species is very very common in its native range, which is SE Pa. west to West Va., south to N. Alabama and Ga. It grows around here Va. piedmont in thickets. It is not an easy species to collect from my experience, as it tends to grow in extremely poor soil. Old stunted specimens generally grow in the worst soil and have the most free ranging root systems. Trees I tried to collect had thirty to forty foot long root runs before significant feeder roots. Collecting enough roots with them is a problem for me. It might not be the same in other areas--Fred Lynch said he had no problems collecting them, but he was digging up saplings...

Tom has done well with this tree. It's an unnusual species for bonsai and not alot is known about it "in captivity."