Ericaceae > Leucothoe (fetterbush, doghobble)
Coastal Doghobble (Leucothoe axillaris)
Pender Co., NC
23 Apr 2006
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Ericaceae > Leucothoe (fetterbush, doghobble) | |
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Coastal Doghobble (Leucothoe axillaris) |
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Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe, Mountain Doghobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Common in the western half of NC, especially along moist forested slopes, Leucothoe fontanesiana is endemic to the southern Appalachians. |
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Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe, Mountain Doghobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 |
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Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe, Mountain Doghobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe, Mountain Doghobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe, Mountain Doghobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Note long acuminate leaf tips. |
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Coastal Fetterbush (Leucothoe racemosa, Eubotrys racemosa) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006 In NC, common in the coastal plain and rare elsewhere, Coastal Fetterbush grows in a variety of wet habitats. Some authoritiess split the genus Leucothoeand place this species in the genus Eubotrys. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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