Index / Search / Gordonia lasianthus
§1 Plant
Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis
vernacular loblolly bay — species · Theaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Theaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Gordonia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 113 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -4 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 230 min.
- Precipitation
- 44–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–6.3
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 65 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 135,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 113 counties across 6 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Brevard 12009
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Pierce 13229
- Tattnall 13267
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GOLA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5421090 ↗Record version
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