Leucothoe fontanesiana

Classification	Dicots
Family	Ericaceae
Family (Traditional)	Ericaceae
Genus	Leucothoe
Species:	Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer
Common Name	Highland Doghobble
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: 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
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (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: 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-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
31234100402526		Tennessee	01 Apr 1968	Nancy Hill	EKY Leucothoe fontanesiana
31234100402500	Roane	Tennessee	10 May 1979	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012682	Sevier	Tennessee			BEREA Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012677	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167397	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167371	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167410	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167407	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167424	Unicoi	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
TENN-V-0167428	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015645	Sevier	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0099884	Polk	Tennessee			APSC 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-0167398	Pickett	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167420	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT023772	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015646	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015650	Blount	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015640	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038132	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038131	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT036813	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015639	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015643	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT038130	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT040505	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Leucothoe fontanesiana
UCHT040506	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167385	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167383	Knox	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-0167393	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167417	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015652	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015647	Sevier	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0099883	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
MTSU017523	Blount	Tennessee	27 Apr 1991	Steve Huffman	MTSU Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU025617	Johnson	Tennessee	01 Sep 2013	Foster Levy, Adam McCullough DOEM 0246	ETSU Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012674	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167403	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167396	Morgan	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-0167392	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167422	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167382	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0057394	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU016070	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU030453	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU Leucothoe fontanesiana
ETSU030454	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU Leucothoe fontanesiana
31234100402518	Carter	Tennessee	03 May 1979	B. Eugene Wofford 79-63	EKY Leucothoe fontanesiana
31234100402534	Roane	Tennessee	16 Aug 1978	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012681	Sevier	Tennessee			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-0167399	Polk	Tennessee			TENN 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
ETSU016063	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Leucothoe fontanesiana
BEREA012673	Harlan	Kentucky			BEREA Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167386	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167387	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Leucothoe fontanesiana
TENN-V-0167368	Blount	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
ETSU030704	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU 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-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
APSC0015642	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Leucothoe fontanesiana
APSC0015641	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
ETSU030452	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU Leucothoe fontanesiana

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