Index / Search / Eubotrys racemosus
§1 Plant
Eubotrys racemosus (L.) Nutt.
vernacular swamp doghobble — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eubotrys
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 312 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 210 min.
- Precipitation
- 45–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–6
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 13 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 13 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 312 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Russell 01113
- Talladega 01121
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dodge 13091
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Floyd 13115
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Hart 13147
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Miller 13201
- Morgan 13211
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Talbot 13263
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Turner 13287
- Upson 13293
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkes 13317
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Surry 37171
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/EURA14 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2882654 ↗Record version
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