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Rhododendron maximum

Index Rhododendron maximum

Rhododendron maximum — its common names include great laurel, great rhododendron, rosebay rhododendron, American rhododendron and big rhododendron — is a species of Rhododendron native to the Appalachians of eastern North America, from Alabama north to coastal Nova Scotia. [1]

25 relations: Alabama, Allelopathy, Appalachian Mountains, Asterids, Capsule (fruit), Carl Linnaeus, Catawbiense hybrid, Central and southern Appalachian montane oak forest, Ericaceae, Ericales, Eudicots, Evergreen, Flower, Flowering plant, Fruit, Leaf, Mesic habitat, North America, Nova Scotia, Plant, Rhododendron, Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes, Seed, Shrub, West Virginia.

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Allelopathy

Allelopathy is a biological phenomenon by which an organism produces one or more biochemicals that influence the germination, growth, survival, and reproduction of other organisms.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.

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Asterids

In the APG IV system (2016) for the classification of flowering plants, the name asterids denotes a clade (a monophyletic group).

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Capsule (fruit)

In botany a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Catawbiense hybrid

A catawbiense hybrid is a hybrid of the plant genus Rhododendron, derived from crosses of American species Rhododendron catawbiense and Rhododendron maximum with European and Asian species R. arboreum, R. caucaseum and R. ponticum.

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Central and southern Appalachian montane oak forest

The Central and southern Appalachian montane oak forest is a forest system found in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions.

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Ericales

The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons, including, for example, tea, persimmon, blueberry, Brazil nut, and azalea.

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Eudicots

The eudicots, Eudicotidae or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants that had been called tricolpates or non-magnoliid dicots by previous authors.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Mesic habitat

In ecology, a mesic habitat is a type of habitat with a moderate or well-balanced supply of moisture, e.g., a mesic forest, a temperate hardwood forest, or dry-mesic prairie.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "tree") is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.

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Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes

Rhododendron subg.

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Seed

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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American rhododendron, Great Laurel, Great laurel, Great rhododendron, R. maximum, Rhododendron maxima, Rose-tree, Rosebay rhododendron, Rosetree.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_maximum

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