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Rosaceae > Spiraea (meadowsweet, hardhack)

Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa) Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa)
Ashe Co., NC
24 Aug 2016

Uncommon to locally common (rare in piedmont) in wet meadows in North Carolina.

Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa) Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa)
Ashe Co., NC
24 Aug 2016
Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa) Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa)
Ashe Co., NC
24 Aug 2016
Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa) Steeplebush, Hardhack (Spiraea tomentsoa)
Ashe Co., NC
24 Aug 2016


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.


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