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§1 Plant
Fothergilla gardenii L.
vernacular dwarf witchalder — species · Hamamelidaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Fothergilla
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 53 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–90 in/yr
- pH range
- 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
- 4 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 13,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 53 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FOGA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5406815 ↗Record version
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