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Rhododendron ponticum (common rhododendron)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Rhododendron ponticum, called common rhododendron or pontic rhododendron, is a species of Rhododendron native to southern Europe and southwest Asia.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Height [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Moist

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chrysomyxa rhododendri[3]
Erysiphe azaleae[3]
Ganoderma australe (Southern Bracket)[3]
Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods)[3]
Mycosphaerella rhododendri[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0