PLANTS Profile for Fothergilla major (mountain witchalder)

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PLANTS Profile

Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd.
mountain witchalder

Symbol:

FOMA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Hamamelidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd.

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Distribution:
Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, GA, NC, SC, TN)

Related Taxa:
Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd.

View 5 genera in Hamamelidaceae, 2 species in Fothergilla

Classification:
Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Hamamelidales
Family	Hamamelidaceae – Witch-hazel family
Genus	Fothergilla L. – witchalder
Species	Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd. – mountain witchalder

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Tennessee:
mountain witch-alder		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Fothergilla major (Sims) Lodd.

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19030.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 10:21 AM MDT