Index / Search / Leucothoe axillaris
§1 Plant
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don
vernacular coastal doghobble — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Leucothoe
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 135 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 2 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 3.5–7
- Root depth
- 15 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 6.5 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- 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
- Fall
- 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 135 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Chatham 13051
- Clay 13061
- Cook 13075
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Gilmer 13123
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- Pulaski 13235
- Quitman 13239
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 14 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Duplin 37061
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEAX ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5333357 ↗Record version
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