OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrangea arborescens   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea arborescens   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hydrangea arborescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-05-001a:

Hydrangea arborescens ssp. arborescens   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hydrangea arborescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea


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image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyar_001_lvd

        

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm120523_246

May    Graham County    NC

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3407

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3411

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Lower leaf surface glabrous or inconspicuously puberulent, appearing green; ...

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm230525_3453

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

... trichomes of the lower leaf surface restricted to midrib & major veins, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    s050522_cd

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaves green below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).


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image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm140614_849

June    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm090709_156

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm090709_161

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Hydrangea arborescens, Smooth Hydrangea, Sevenbark, Northern Wild Hydrangea

JK Marlow    jkm090709_186

July    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Sterile flowers absent, or if present, less than 1cm in diameter, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrangea arborescens   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrangea arborescens   FAMILY Hydrangeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hydrangea arborescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-05-001a:
Hydrangea arborescens ssp. arborescens   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrangea arborescens

 

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705

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: forests, especially around rock outcrops and along streambanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx (in bisexual flowers)/3-4 lobed calyx (in sterile flowers)
5 petals (in bisexual flowers)/petals absent (in sterile flowers)
8-10 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual or sterile

Inflorescence a corymb

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule

 

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