PLANTS Profile for Rhododendron arborescens (smooth azalea)

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Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.
smooth azalea

Symbol:

RHAR3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

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Synonyms:
Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

	AZAR	Azalea arborescens Pursh
	RHARR	Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr. var. richardsonii Rehder

Distribution:
Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.


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USA (AL, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 40 species in Rhododendron

Classification:
Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

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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	Rhododendron L. – rhododendron
Species	Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr. – smooth azalea

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

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.

New York:
smooth azalea		Exploitably Vulnerable

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23703.

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 04:04 AM CST