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Leucothoe axillaris (coastal doghobble)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Leucothoe axillaris is a shrub native to the southeastern United States, with the common names swamp dog-laurel and coastal dog-hobble. It has been reported from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. It grows on floodplains in coastal areas at elevations of less than 200 me (670 feet). Leucothoe axillaris is a branching shrub up to 2 m (7 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) long. Flowers are white, cylindrical, up to 8 mm (0.32 inches) long. Fruit is a dry capsule.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Dense
Bloom Period [2]  Fall
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  6 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Fall
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Hazards [3]  Although no records of toxicity have been seen for this species, at least one other member of this genus is said to have poisonous fruits;
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  15 inches (38 cm)
Scent [3]  The flowers are strongly fragrant.
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Height [3]  5.904 feet (1.8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area V 120283 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway V 73611 North Carolina, Virginia, United States
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve 310228 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States      
Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve 7585 South Carolina, United States

Predators

Nipponorthezia obscura (bladhia scale)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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