PLANTS Profile for Leucothoe fontanesiana (highland doghobble)

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PLANTS Profile

Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer
highland doghobble

Symbol:

LEFO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer

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Synonyms:
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer

	LEAXE	Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don var. editorum (Fernald & B.G. Schub.) H.E. Ahles
	LECA14	Leucothoe catesbaei (Walter) A. Gray
	LEED2	Leucothoe editorum Fernald & B.G. Schub.

Distribution:
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer


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USA (AL, GA, KY, MA, MD, NC, NY, SC, TN, VA)

Related Taxa:
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 3 species in Leucothoe

Classification:
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer

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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	Leucothoe D. Don – doghobble
Species	Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer – highland doghobble

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor			Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23553.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 01:03 AM CST