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Read more about Trailing Arbutus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Epigaea repens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Epigaea repens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-15-001:
Epigaea repens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_epre2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_epre2_003_lhd
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Will Stuart wil_epigaea_repens_0506
February Chesterfield SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Blossoms can be numerous. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_epigaea_repens_0540
February Chesterfield SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Early and fragrant, attracting native bees like Southeastern Blueberry Bee. — Will Stuart
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JK Marlow jkm0503a_11
March Greenville County SC
Paris Mountain State Park
The ovate leathery dull-green leaves are blunt-tipped, per Describing Botanical Architecture. Chinquapin (Ellison, 2012).
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Keith Bradley kab_epigaea_repens_1843
March Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_epigaea_repens_2
March
The small clusters of fragrant flowers are often concealed under the leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Will Stuart wil_epigaea_repens_0061
March Chesterfield SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Grows in masses in well-managed longleaf tracts in Carolina Sandhills NWR. — Will Stuart
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JK Marlow jkm0404g_25
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Keith Bradley kab_epigaea_repens_2301
April Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9746
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
Ovate to oblong, leathery leaves on creeping reddish-brown stems , per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.