Elymus churchii J.J.N. Campb. (POACEAE)— Marshall County: Abundunt in a rocky limestone forest beneath a lightly shaded canopy of Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm., Quercus shumardii Buckl., Fraxinus americana L, Cercis canadensis L, and Juniperus virginiana L. var. virginiana on Blue Rock Bluff overlooking the Tennessee River, ca. 3.2 river km NW of Guntersville Dam; T7S, R2E, Section 10; 34°26'16.1"N, 86°25'21.2"W; 26 July 2007, Schotz 2059 (AUA, JSU, UNA). Elymus churchii J.J.N. Campb. (POACEAE) —Marshall County: Rocky, exposed limestone bluff in a mixed deciduous forest and in an open transmission line right-of-way. 6.8 km downstream of Guntersville Dam on Painted Bluff overlooking the Tennessee River. 34°27'46.52768"N, 86°26'53.35168"W; specimen grown in cultivated setting from living plant collected 19 October 2010. Specimen harvested and pressed 1 August 2011, Dattilo s.n. (TENN, AMNH). Significance. These collections represent the first reports of this perennial grass from Alabama. Previously known from only the central Ouachita and western Ozark Mountains in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri (Barkworth et al. 2007, Campbell 2006), the discoveries highlighted under this account constitute an impressive case of disjunction, expanding the current range of the species nearly 550 km east to the Cumberland Plateau physiographic province of northeast Alabama.
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