OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 3 taxa in the family Clethraceae, Heath family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Sweet-pepperbush, Cinnamonbark, Cinnamon Clethra, Mountain White-alder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clethra acuminata   FAMILY: Clethraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Clethra acuminata   FAMILY: Clethraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clethra acuminata 143-01-001   FAMILY: Clethraceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, heath balds, streambanks, margins of rock outcrops at high elevations

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Coastal Sweet-pepperbush, Coastal White-alder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clethra alnifolia   FAMILY: Cyrillaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Clethra alnifolia   FAMILY: Clethraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clethra alnifolia var. alnifolia 143-01-002a   FAMILY: Clethraceae

 

Habitat: Pocosins, blackwater swamp forests, nonriverine swamp forests

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Downy Sweet-pepperbush, Downy White-alder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clethra tomentosa   FAMILY: Cyrillaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Clethra alnifolia   FAMILY: Clethraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa 143-01-002b   FAMILY: Clethraceae

 

Habitat: Pocosins, swamps, streambanks

Uncommon

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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"Within the same group [of Oaks] ... leaves alone must not be used for final identification, as, even on the same tree, the leaves may vary more among themselves than between those of other species.... Therefore, leaves are of great assistance if (1) an average leaf is looked for, and (2) final identification is based on other details taken in conjunction with the leaves." — George W.D. Symonds, The Tree Identification Book