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Cressler, Alan

Rhododendron chapmanii

Rhododendron chapmanii (Alph. Wood) A. Gray

Chapman's Rhododendron

Ericaceae (Heath Family)

Synonym(s): Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii, Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii

USDA Symbol: RHCH5

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Breeding System: Flowers Bisexual
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 8 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr

Distribution

USA: FL

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Bumble Bees

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Threatened & Endangered Status

USFWS Species Profile: Q215
Status: Endangered
Historic Range: U.S.A. (FL)
Critical Habitat: N/A
Special Rules: N/A
This information is derived from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serrvice Environmental Conservation Online System.

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACW

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

From the National Organizations Directory

According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is on display at the following locations:

Mt. Cuba Center - Hockessin, DE

Web Reference

Webref 57 - Atlas of Florida Plants (2020) Institute for Systematic Botany
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Research Literature

Reslit 991 - The relationship between freezing tolerance and thermotropic leaf movement in five Rhododendron species (1991) E. T. Nilsen
Reslit 1360 - Fuel characterization in the southern Appalachian Mountains: an application of landscape ecosystem classification (2009) A. D. Stottlemyer, V. B. Shelburne, T. A. Waldrop,...
Reslit 1474 - Utilization of intron-flanking EST-specific markers in the phylogenetic analysis and parentage identification of Rhododendron species and hybrids (2006) H. Wei, Y. Fu and R. Arora

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Rhododendron chapmanii in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Rhododendron chapmanii in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Rhododendron chapmanii

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-01-17
Research By: DEW

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