Index / Search / Styrax americanus
§1 Plant
Styrax americanus Lam.
vernacular American snowbell — species · Styracaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Styracaceae DC. & Spreng.
- Genus
- Styrax
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 401 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -16 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 207 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–8.5
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 15 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 401 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Butler 01013
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Tallapoosa 01123
Arkansas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Atkinson 13003
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clinch 13065
- Cobb 13067
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crisp 13081
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Grady 13131
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- Miller 13201
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Randolph 13243
- Richmond 13245
- Rockdale 13247
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Upson 13293
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jones 28067
- Lamar 28073
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Quitman 28119
- Sharkey 28125
- Stone 28131
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/STAM4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5371669 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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