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§1 Plant

Ceanothus americanus L.

vernacular New Jersey tea — species · Rhamnaceae


USDA
CEAM
GBIF
3039318
Rank
species
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus)
Platephotograph · Mark KlugeCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rhamnaceae Juss.
Genus
Ceanothus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 752 counties across 20 states/territories
Legend Native · 752 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
25–60 in/yr
pH range
4.3–6.5
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3 ft
Height @ 20 y
3 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Blue
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
Low
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
112,000
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 752 counties across 20 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 53 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 63 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 29 N
Georgia view state ↗ 79 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 67 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N
Maine view state ↗ 2 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 51 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N
New York view state ↗ 46 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 82 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N
Vermont view state ↗ 9 N
Virginia view state ↗ 88 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 38 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CEAM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3039318 ↗

Record version

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