Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron > Rhododendron minus

Rhododendron minus (piedmont rhododendron)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Rhododendron minus, the Piedmont rhododendron, is a rhododendron species native to Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. It has two subspecies: Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii and Rhododendron minus var. minus (the latter also known as Rhododendron carolinianum).
View Wikipedia Record: Rhododendron minus

Infraspecies

Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii (chapman rhododendron) (Attributes)
Rhododendron minus var. majus
Rhododendron minus var. minus

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway V 73611 North Carolina, Virginia, United States
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area V 7622 Georgia, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve 306 Georgia, United States  
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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