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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)
Twig of Oxydendrum arboreum
Twig of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
Leaves of Oxydendrum arboreum
Leaves of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
Flowers of Oxydendrum arboreum
Flowers of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
Capsules of Oxydendrum arboreum
Capsules of Oxydendrum arboreum (Copyright W. Cook)
N.C. distribution of Oxydendrum arboreum
N.C. distribution of Oxydendrum arboreum

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)