PLANTS Profile for Leiophyllum buxifolium (sandmyrtle)

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Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott
sandmyrtle

Symbol:

LEBU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott

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Synonyms:
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott

	DEBU2	Dendrium buxifolium (Bergius) Desv.
	KABU	Kalmia buxifolia (Bergius) Gift & Kron
	LEBUH	Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott var. hugeri (Small) C.K. Schneid.
	LEBUP	Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott var. prostratum (Loudon) A. Gray
	LEHU2	Leiophyllum hugeri (Small) K. Schum.
	LELY2	Leiophyllum lyonii Sweet

Native Status:
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (GA, KY, NC, NJ, PA, SC, TN)

Related Taxa:
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 1 species in Leiophyllum

Classification:
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Leiophyllum R. Hedw. – leiophyllum
Species	Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott – sandmyrtle

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
sand-myrtle		Historical
Pennsylvania:
sand-myrtle		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23681.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 04:52 PM CDT