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Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel)

Synonyms: Kalmia amgustifolia; Kalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia; Kalmia angustifolia f. candida; Kalmia angustifolia var. ovata

Wikipedia Abstract

Kalmia angustifolia is a flowering shrub in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as sheep laurel. It is distributed in eastern North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Virginia. It grows commonly in dry habitats in the boreal forest, and may become dominant over large areas after fire or logging. Like many plant species of infertile habitats it has evergreen leaves and mycorrhizal associations with fungi. It is also found in drier area of peat bogs.
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Infraspecies

Kalmia angustifolia angustifolia (Sheep laurel)
Kalmia angustifolia carolina (Carolina laurel) (Attributes)

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  The foliage is poisonous to animals; The whole plant is highly toxic;
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees
Structure [1]  Shrub
Height [1]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Width [1]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Very Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Damp
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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Phenacomys intermedius, James A. McAllister and Robert S. Hoffman, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 305, pp. 1-8 (1988)
♦ 7Small, E. 1976. Insect pollinators of the Mer Bleue peat bog of Ottawa. Canadian Field Naturalist 90:22-28.
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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