Halesia tetraptera--MA. Arnold Arboretum. 30 Jun 03. 036.jpg
Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia; introduced into Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County (Jamaica Plain)
42.307464, -71.120796
Location Remarks
125 Arbor Way, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts
Collectors
No collectors specified
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, Tomomi Masaki
Notes
Tree c. 18 m.
Location
United States, Connecticut (Broken Arrow Nursery)
Location Remarks
13 Broken Arrow Rd., Hamden, Ct
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Styracaceae
Genus
Halesia
Specific Epithet
carolina
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#204,990 of 335,497
Top 62%
Extinction probability
5%
