Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Ericaceae

Chimaphila - [maps | photos]

• Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh
  Common Name: pipsissewa, spotted wintergreen

Epigaea - [maps | photos]

• Epigaea repens L.
  Common Name: trailing arbutus

Eubotrys - [maps | photos]

• Eubotrys racemosa (L.) Nutt. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: swamp dog-hobble
  Synonyms:
  

         • Leucothoe racemosa (L.) A. Gray

• Eubotrys recurva (Buckley) Britton
  Common Name: redtwig dog-hobble
  Synonyms:
  

         • Leucothoe recurva (Buckley) A. Gray

Gaultheria - [maps | photos]

• Gaultheria procumbens L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: mountain tea

Gaylussacia - [maps | photos]

• Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: black huckleberry

• Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray
  Common Name: box huckleberry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Buxella brachycera (Michx.) Small

• Gaylussacia dumosa (Andrews) Torr. & A. Gray (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: dwarf huckleberry

• Gaylussacia ursina (M.A. Curtis) Torr. & A. Gray
  Common Name: mountain huckleberry

Kalmia - [maps | photos]

• Kalmia angustifolia L. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Carolina laurel, lambkill
  Synonyms:
  

         • Kalmia carolina Small

         • Kalmia angustifolia L. var. caroliniana (Small) Fern.

• Kalmia buxifolia (P.J. Bergius) Gift & Kron
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: sand myrtle
  Synonyms:
  

         • Leiophyllum buxifolium (P.J. Bergius) Elliott

• Kalmia latifolia L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: mountain laurel

Leucothoe - [maps | photos]

• Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer
  Common Name: highland dog hobble
  Synonyms:
  

         • Leucothoe editorum Fern. & Schub.

         • Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don var. editorum (Fern. & Schub.) Ahles

Lyonia - [maps | photos]

• Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: staggerbush

Menziesia - [maps | photos]

• Menziesia pilosa (Michx.) Juss. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: minnie bush

Monotropa - [maps | photos]

• Monotropa hypopithys L.
  Common Name: pinesap

• Monotropa uniflora L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: Indian pipe

Monotropsis - [maps | photos]

• Monotropsis odorata Schwein. ex Elliott (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: sweet pinesap, pygmy pipes
  Synonyms:
  

         • Monotropsis lehmaniae Burnham

         • Monotropsis lehmaniae Burnham

Oxydendrum - [maps | photos]

• Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: sourwood

Pieris - [maps | photos]

• Pieris floribunda (Pursh) Benth. & Hook. f. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: mountain fetter bush

Pyrola - [maps | photos]

• Pyrola americana Sweet (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: American wintergreen
  Synonyms:
  

         • Pyrola rotundifolia L. var. americana (Sweet) Fern.

Rhododendron - [maps | photos]

• Rhododendron alabamense Rehder
  Common Name: Alabama azalea

• Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: sweet azalea, smooth azalea

• Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.
  Common Name: flame azalea

• Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: southern pinxter azalea

• Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.
  Common Name: Catawba rosebay, mountain rosebay, purple laurel

• Rhododendron cumberlandense E.L. Braun
  Common Name: Cumberland azalea
  Synonyms:
  

         • Rhododendron bakeri auct. non (Lemmon & McKay) Hume

• Rhododendron maximum L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: great laurel, rosebay

• Rhododendron minus Michx.
  Common Name: piedmont rhododendron
  Synonyms:
  

         • Rhododendron carolinianum Rehd.

• Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: pinxterbloom

• Rhododendron prinophyllum (Small) Millais
  Common Name: early azalea

• Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: clammy azalea

Vaccinium - [maps | photos]

• Vaccinium arboreum Marsh.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: farkleberry

• Vaccinium corymbosum L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: highbush blueberry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Vaccinium simulatum Small

         • Vaccinium constablaei Gray

• Vaccinium elliottii Chapman (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: Elliott's blueberry, mayberry

• Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: southern mountain cranberry

• Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: black highbush blueberry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Vaccinium atrococcum (Gray) Heller

• Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley
  Common Name: woolly blueberry, hairy blueberry

• Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cranberry

• Vaccinium pallidum Aiton
  Common Name: lowbush blueberry
  Synonyms:
  

         • Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torr.

• Vaccinium stamineum L.
  Common Name: deerberry

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.