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§1 Plant
Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.
vernacular Catawba rosebay — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhododendron
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 122 counties across 10 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 122 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Durham 37063
- Gaston 37071
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Macon 37113
- Mitchell 37121
- Nash 37127
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHCA8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2883047 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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