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Your search found 15 taxa.
Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Look for it on riverbanks, in swamps, bottomlands, also upslope on calcareous substrates
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in high elevation forests (northern hardwoods or spruce-fir), generally above 1500m in NC, above 1000m in VA, esp common in periglacial boulderfields
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Look for it in dry to mesic forests
Common (rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in upland deciduous forests, up to at least 1500m elevation, moist bottomlands and slopes
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in wetlands, especially peaty, acid sites
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in bottomlands, on riverbanks, and disturbed areas
Uncommon (south of NC, more often an escape from cultivation than a native)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in cove forests, other rich forests, esp over mafic and calcareous rocks, on calcareous soils common and typical in dry-mesic forests and dry woodlands as well, less typically extending to high elevation northern hardwood forests where sometimes in acidic situations
Common (rare in Piedmont south of VA, where perhaps only introduced)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in bottomland forests, mesic slopes, esp common over mafic or calcareous rocks, but not at all limited to such situations
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it on rocky slopes and bluffs, particularly over mafic or calcareous rock
Uncommon (rare in Mountains & Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it on riverbanks, in streambanks, cove forests, river slope forests
Rare in GA & NC
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Non-native: China
Look for it in disturbed areas
Non-native: east Asia
Look for it in suburban woodlands; it is frequently planted
Waif(s)
Non-native: east Asia
Look for it in suburban woodlands, disturbed forests, hedgerows
Rare in our area, a noxious weed tree in much of the northeast US
Non-native: Europe
Look for it in suburban woodlands
Widely planted in our area, esp in mtns; northward it is a noxious weed tree
Non-native: Europe
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