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§1 Plant
Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer
vernacular highland doghobble — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Leucothoe
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 100 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 100 counties across 9 states/territories.
Georgia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEFO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5333354 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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