Leucothoe fontanesiana

ClassificationDicots
FamilyEricaceae
Family (Traditional)Ericaceae
GenusLeucothoe
Species:Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer
Common NameHighland Doghobble
Growth Habitshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Pistil Number: 1; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value 8
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Harlan (KY), Madison (KY), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Greene (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BEREA012676 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012675 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012678 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012679 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167406 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167389 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167384 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167377 Cocke Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167380 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167378 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167404 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167421 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167369 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167411 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167381 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012681 Sevier Tennessee
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167403 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167396 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167423 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167413 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167372 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167374 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167394 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167418 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT023773 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA024367 Harlan Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA023644 Harlan Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0099690 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015639 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015643 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
31234100402526 Tennessee 01 Apr 1968 Nancy Hill
EKY
Leucothoe fontanesiana
31234100402500 Roane Tennessee 10 May 1979 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012673 Harlan Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167416 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167375 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167376 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167400 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167391 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167388 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT023808 Unicoi Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT023779 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015642 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0057394 Morgan Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015650 Blount Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015640 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012682 Sevier Tennessee
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012677 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167397 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167387 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167368 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167414 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167379 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167425 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167402 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167412 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT023772 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015646 Blount Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038130 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT040505 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT040506 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167409 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167427 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167401 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167426 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167405 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167419 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167415 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167390 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167408 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167399 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038132 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038131 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT036813 Sevier Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
MTSU017524 Davidson Tennessee 22 Mar 2003 Shannon Vick
MTSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT040507 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038129 Morgan Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU025617 Johnson Tennessee 01 Sep 2013 Foster Levy, Adam McCullough
DOEM 0246
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
31234100402534 Roane Tennessee 16 Aug 1978 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012674 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU007235 Unicoi Tennessee 10 Jun 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167370 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167373 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167395 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167398 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167420 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015641 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU016070 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU030453 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU030454 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167428 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015645 Sevier Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015652 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015647 Sevier Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0099883 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0099884 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Leucothoe fontanesiana
HTTU007709 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT033700 Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038133 Tennessee
UCHT
Leucothoe fontanesiana
UOS02413 Polk Tennessee 26 Jun 1997 Greg Miller
UOS
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167386 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167371 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167392 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167422 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167424 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167393 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167417 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
MTSU017523 Blount Tennessee 27 Apr 1991 Steve Huffman
MTSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU030704 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
31234100402518 Carter Tennessee 03 May 1979 B. Eugene Wofford
79-63
EKY
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167385 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167383 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167410 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167407 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167382 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU030452 Greene Tennessee
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU016063 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Leucothoe fontanesiana
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Leucothoe fontanesiana - Ashley B. Morris
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Ashley B. Morris
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Ashley B. Morris
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Ashley B. Morris
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Ashley B. Morris
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Ashley B. Morris
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Milo Pyne
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Milo Pyne
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Milo Pyne
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Milo Pyne
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Tara Littlefield
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Tara Littlefield
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Joey Shaw