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Your search found 3 taxa in the family Clethraceae, Heath family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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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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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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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