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Common Name:
Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Laurel, White Rosebay, Great Rhododendron
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron maximum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron maximum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron maximum 145-05-001 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, wet flats, bogs, swamps, north-facing bluffs in the Piedmont
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Catawba Rhododendron, Mountain Rosebay, Purple Laurel, Pink Laurel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron catawbiense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron catawbiense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron catawbiense 145-05-002 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Rocky summits, shrub balds, acid ridges and slopes (mostly at high elevations), north-facing bluffs in the Piedmont, and sometimes in mesic situations in the Mountains
Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Gorge Rhododendron, Punctatum, Piedmont Rhododendron
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron minus FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron minus FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron minus 145-05-003 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Rocky slopes, escarpment gorges, rocky areas in the Piedmont, longleaf pine sandhill bluffs in the Coastal Plain
Common in Mountains, uncommon in GA & SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Rhododendron, Punctatum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron carolinianum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron carolinianum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron minus 145-05-003? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Rocky summits, heath balds, high elevation forests, moist slopes
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Pinkshell Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron vaseyi FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron vaseyi FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron vaseyi 145-05-004 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, bogs, high elevation rocky summits, cliffs, high elevation heath balds
Rare
Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia
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Common Name:
Flame Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron calendulaceum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron calendulaceum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron calendulaceum 145-05-005 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Deciduous forests, particularly on mountain slopes, grassy balds
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Oconee Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron flammeum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron flammeum FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, upland forests on slopes, ridges, stream bluffs
Uncommon in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Plumleaf Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron prunifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron prunifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Mesic ravine forests and streambanks
Rare, endemic to a small area along AL-GA border
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron cumberlandense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron cumberlandense FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Balds and exposed or moist slopes
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Azalea, Southern Pinxter Azalea, Hoary Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron canescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron canescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron canescens 145-05-006 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Swamps, pocosins, and pine savannas
Common (uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Coastal Plain) (rare in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron austrinum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron austrinum FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Hammocks, bluffs, floodplain forests
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Election Pink, Roseshell Azalea, Early Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron prinophyllum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron prinophyllum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron roseum 145-05-007 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Upland forests (especially under Quercus montana and Quercus rubra), xeric pine and oak woodlands
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
May White Azalea, Eastman's Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron eastmanii FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron eastmanii FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron alabamense 145-05-008 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Rich slopes
Uncommon in SC Piedmont, rare in SC Coastal Plain
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name:
Red Hills Azalea, May-pink Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron colemanii FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Moist hammocks, moist bluffs, along streams
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name:
Alabama Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron alabamense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron alabamense FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, bluffs, streambanks
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Pinxterflower, Pinxterbloom Azalea, Election Pink, Pinxter Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron periclymenoides FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron periclymenoides FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron nudiflorum 145-05-009 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry slopes and streambanks
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron atlanticum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron atlanticum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron atlanticum 145-05-010 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pocosins, savannas, pine flatwoods, sandhill-pocosin ecotones
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Swamp Honeysuckle, Catchfly Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum 145-05-011a FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Moist streambanks, shrub balds, and other moist habitats
Common in Piedmont & in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Clammy Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron viscosum var. montanum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum 145-05-011a? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Moderate to high elevation sites, in dry to seasonally seepy sites
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in Mountains of GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Sweet Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron serrulatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron viscosum var. serrulatum 145-05-011b FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, pocosins, wet pine savannas
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sweet Azalea, Smooth Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Rhododendron arborescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron arborescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron arborescens 145-05-012 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Rocky riversides, wooded stream banks, swamps, high elevation forests, shrub balds
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Minniebush
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rhododendron pilosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Menziesia pilosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Menziesia pilosa 145-06-001 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Heath balds, bogs, rocky summits, and rocky woodlands, mostly at high elevations
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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