Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (7).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (11).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (5).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (13).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (6).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (10).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (1).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (9).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (8).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (4).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (12).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (2).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (14).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (3).JPG
Leucothoe fontanesiana, Davidson, C 12943--North Carolina. Trans. Co. E Cradle of For. 11 May 2015. DSC03736 (15).JPG
Native to Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia; introduced into Great Britain, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Transylvania (Soperton)
32.383889, -82.699722
Location Remarks
Pisgah National Forest; Yellow Gap Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 1206). 930 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Leucothoe
Specific Epithet
fontanesiana
Authorship
(Steud.) Sleumer
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#295,067 of 335,497
Top 88%
Extinction probability
10%
