North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Clethraceae > Clethra (sweet pepperbush)
	Coastal Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Common in the NC coastal plain in pocosins, swamps, etc.
	Coastal Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006
	Coastal Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 The nectar is very attractive to butterflies!

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.