Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Clethraceae

Clethra - [maps | photos]

• Clethra acuminata Michx.
  Common Name: mountain pepper bush, white alder

• Clethra alnifolia L. (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: coastal pepperbush

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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.