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  3. Vascular Plants
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  7. Rhododendrons and Azaleas
  8. Section Pontica
  9. Subsection Pontica

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Subsection Pontica

Pontica

Includes
3 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Great Rhododendron native
  • Pontic Rhododendron introduced
  • Pacific Rhododendron native
  • Catawba Rhododendron native
  • Georgian Snow Rose
  • Yellow-flowered Rosebay present
  • Short-fruit Rosebay
  • Rhododendron hyperythrum
  • Rhododendron degronianum
  • Rhododendron yakushimanum
  • Rhododendron makinoi
  • Rhododendron smirnowii
  • Rhododendron × welleslyanum

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native subsection pontica All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Catawba Rhododendron Rhododendron catawbiense caterpillars 29 bees 1 food 4 flowers 64
  • Great Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum caterpillars 29 bees 1 food 4 flowers 57
  • Pacific Rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum caterpillars 16 food 2 flowers 43

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