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witch-alders
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witch-alders

Fothergilla

Fothergilla (witch alder) is a genus of two or three species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to woodland and swamps of the southeastern United States.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Coastal Witch-Alder

speciesFothergilla gardenii

mountain witch-alder

speciesFothergilla major

Fothergilla ×intermedia

hybridFothergilla ×intermedia

Miller's witchalder

speciesFothergilla milleri

Kearney's Witch-alder

speciesFothergilla parvifolia

Fothergilla latifolia

speciesFothergilla latifolia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131646.