PLANTS Profile for Gordonia lasianthus (loblolly bay)

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Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis
loblolly bay

Symbol:

GOLA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Theaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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W.H. Shaffer. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from US Forest Service. United States, NC, Durham Co. 1940. Usage Requirements.

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Distribution:
Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis


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USA (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis

View 8 genera in Theaceae, 1 species in Gordonia

Classification:
Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Theales
Family	Theaceae – Tea family
Genus	Gordonia Ellis – gordonia
Species	Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis – loblolly bay

Wetland Indicator Status:
Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis

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More Accounts and Images:
Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21386.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ellis

Silvics of North America

Time Generated: 02/08/2009 01:11 PM MST