Stewartia ovata

Classification	Dicots
Family	Theaceae
Family (Traditional)	Theaceae
Genus	Stewartia
Species:	Stewartia ovata (Cav.) Weath.
Common Name	Mountain Camellia
Growth Habit	tree
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: ciliate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S3?] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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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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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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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: Bell (KY), Bullitt (KY), Laurel (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Pulaski (KY), Whitley (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1960 - 2008

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100685500	Laurel	Kentucky	15 Jun 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85372	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685666	McCreary	Kentucky	15 Sep 1996	Timothy J. Weckman 3357	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685567	Laurel	Kentucky	01 Jun 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-256	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685690	Whitley	Kentucky	23 May 1996	Ross C. Clark 23330	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685450	Bell	Kentucky	26 Jun 2001	Ross C. Clark Chris Packard; Amy Covert	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685609	McCreary	Kentucky	23 Jun 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne 72E6.34	EKY Stewartia ovata
N/A	Morgan	Tennessee	24 Jun 1981	Thomas S. Patrick 3104	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685468	Laurel	Kentucky	05 Oct 1996	Ross C. Clark 23469	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685716	Whitley	Kentucky	29 Oct 1990	S. Phillips 26	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685583	Laurel	Kentucky	01 Jun 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-256	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685633	McCreary	Kentucky	29 Jun 1994	Gary W. Libby 471	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685534	Laurel	Kentucky	08 Oct 1995	Timothy J. Weckman 2226	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100688355	Laurel	Kentucky	12 Jun 1986	Ronald L. Jones 4682	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685740	Fentress	Tennessee	15 Jul 1976	S. McCarrell	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685658	McCreary	Kentucky	14 Oct 1990	Douglas Stephens 50	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685575	Laurel	Kentucky	01 Oct 1994	Timothy J. Weckman 1059	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685708	Whitley	Kentucky	01 Aug 1993	John Richard Abbott 5959	EKY Stewartia ovata
BEREA020953	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020956	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020954	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020959	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020958	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020957	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020963	McCreary	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020952	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020955	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020960	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020961	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
BEREA020962	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Stewartia ovata
31973000019685	McCreary	Kentucky			KNK Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148087	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148050	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148088	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148042	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148028	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148020	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148111	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148027	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148031	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148102	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148046	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148019	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148044	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148097	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148052	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148024	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148070	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148034	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148075	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148059	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148108	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148079	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148073	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148021	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0210208	Franklin	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148090	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148023	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148095	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148026	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148066	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148040	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148084	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148041	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148105	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148106	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148063	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148035	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148093	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148067	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148099	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148081	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148054	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148036	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148065	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148060	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148110	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0210209		Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148094	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148092	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148033	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148048	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148043	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148051	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148103	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148025	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148101	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148086	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148053	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148058	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148113	White	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148055	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148096	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148039	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148030	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148091	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0210207	Franklin	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148112	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148077	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148032	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148082	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148085	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148057	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148078	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148072	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148415		Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148029	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148109	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148045	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148076	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148022	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148047	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148098	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148061	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148062	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148056	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148071	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148037	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148100	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148064	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148080	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148074	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148069	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148049	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148107	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148089	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148038	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148083	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148104	Union	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148068	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
TENN-V-0148018	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Stewartia ovata
UCHT019682	Fentress	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019686	Sequatchie	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019687		Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019685	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019690	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019689	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019691	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019683	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019678	Morgan	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019680	McCreary	Kentucky			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019677	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019681	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019679	Blount	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UCHT019688	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
APSC0093906	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0111245	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0076817	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0067944	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0059136	McCreary	Kentucky	09 Sep 1979	Max Medley	APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0116673	Bullitt	Kentucky			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0101523	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0001389	Campbell	Tennessee	25 Jun 2003	D Estes, L Pounds 4968	APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0059137	McCreary	Kentucky	06 Sep 1984	Max Medley	APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0045616	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0111247	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0093732	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0111246	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0102660	Scott	Tennessee			APSC Stewartia ovata
APSC0069010	McCreary	Kentucky	25 Jun 1984	Max Medley	APSC Stewartia ovata
HTTU009727	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016550	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016542		Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016544	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016549	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016547	Morgan	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU030853	Marion	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016552	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016548	Morgan	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU009728	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016543	Van Buren	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016554	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016545	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016541	Van Buren	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU034011	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016551	Fentress	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
HTTU016553	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
UCHT033127	Knox	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
UOS06100	Grundy	Tennessee	05 Aug 2003	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Stewartia ovata
UOS06098	Franklin	Tennessee	16 May 2007	Jon Evans	UOS Stewartia ovata
UOS06097	Franklin	Tennessee	05 Dec 2000	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Stewartia ovata
UOS06099	Putnam	Tennessee	22 Jun 1985	Richard K. Clements	UOS Stewartia ovata
UOS06102	Franklin	Tennessee	12 Jun 1985	R.K. Clements	UOS Stewartia ovata
UOS06103	Van Buren	Tennessee	25 Aug 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Stewartia ovata
ETSU032382	Monroe	Tennessee		James T Donaldson	ETSU Stewartia ovata
HTTU035477	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
31234100685476	Laurel	Kentucky	24 Aug 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-644	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685625	McCreary	Kentucky	11 Oct 1999	Ronald L. Jones 9209	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685518	Laurel	Kentucky	22 May 1979	Rob Jacobs 522792	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685641	McCreary	Kentucky	15 Oct 1960	Elizabeth M. Browne 2714	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685617	McCreary	Kentucky	15 Oct 1960	Elizabeth M. Browne 2714	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685492	Laurel	Kentucky	15 Jun 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-372	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685674	McCreary	Kentucky	18 Aug 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne 72H4.38	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685591	Laurel	Kentucky	08 Oct 1995	Timothy J. Weckman 2226	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685757	Scott	Tennessee	28 Aug 1999	Joey Shaw 428	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685559	Bell	Kentucky	06 Jul 1965	Ellwood J. Carr	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685526	Laurel	Kentucky	01 Oct 1994	Timothy J. Weckman 1059	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685484	Laurel	Kentucky	03 Oct 1978	Richard H. Hannan 620	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685542	Laurel	Kentucky	01 Oct 1994	Timothy J. Weckman 1059	EKY Stewartia ovata
31234100685682	McCreary	Kentucky	27 Jun 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne 72e40.1	EKY Stewartia ovata
APSC0001387	Campbell	Tennessee	16 May 2008	Aaron Floden 461	APSC Stewartia ovata
UCHT019684	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Stewartia ovata
HTTU030854	Marion	Tennessee			HTTU Stewartia ovata
UOS06096	Franklin	Tennessee	27 Jun 2001	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Stewartia ovata

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