Index / Search / Styrax grandifolius
§1 Plant
Styrax grandifolius Aiton
vernacular bigleaf 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
· 289 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Shade
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -26 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 174 min.
- Precipitation
- 33–72 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–6.5
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 20 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 289 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Butler 01013
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Clark 05019
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Union 05139
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Candler 13043
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Decatur 13087
- Dooly 13093
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Fulton 13121
- Habersham 13137
- Hancock 13141
- Haralson 13143
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Oconee 13219
- Pierce 13229
- Putnam 13237
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Toombs 13279
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- Wilcox 13315
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Grenada 28043
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Monroe 28095
- Neshoba 28099
- Panola 28107
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Lexington 45063
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bradley 47011
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Cumberland 47035
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Perry 47135
- Scott 47151
- Stewart 47161
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/STGR4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5371677 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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