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Oxydendrum A.P. de Candolle (Ericaceae)

A monotypic genus, including only Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood), a tree, native to se. North America, including North Carolina.

Bark of Oxydendrum arboreum
Bark of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
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Twig of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
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Leaves of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
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Flowers of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
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Capsules of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
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N.C. distribution of Oxydendrum arboreum
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Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood)
(Common; mesic to xeric deciduous forests, especially dry-mesic to xeric oak-hickory and oak-pine forests, also in the fall line sandhills in sandhill/pocosin ecotones; Mt, Pd, CP; Fl: Jun-Jul, Fr: Sep-Oct)