Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia; introduced into New York (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Johnson (Benson)
35.364556, -78.515417
Location Remarks
Hwy 50, 3 km SE of Benson
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Symplocaceae
Genus
Symplocos
Specific Epithet
tinctoria
Authorship
(L.) L'Hér.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#245,384 of 335,497
Top 74%
Extinction probability
6%