Index / Search / Itea virginica
§1 Plant
Itea virginica L.
vernacular Virginia sweetspire — species · Grossulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Grossulariaceae DC.
- Genus
- Itea
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 467 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -24 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 10 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 467 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Craighead 05031
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- White 05145
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- 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
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Candler 13043
- Carroll 13045
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clayton 13063
- Cobb 13067
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crisp 13081
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Fannin 13111
- Forsyth 13117
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Heard 13149
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Pike 13231
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Terrell 13273
- Tift 13277
- Turner 13287
- Walker 13295
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wilkes 13317
Kentucky view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Clinton 21053
- Gallatin 21077
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Livingston 21139
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Owsley 21189
- Robertson 21201
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tate 28137
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
- Yazoo 28163
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Madison 37115
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Gloucester 51073
- 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
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ITVI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5362113 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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