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Your search found 7 taxa in the family Hamamelidaceae, Witch Hazel family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Sweetgum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Liquidambar styraciflua FAMILY: Altingiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Liquidambar styraciflua FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Liquidambar styraciflua 095-01-001 FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, floodplains, moist forests, depressional wetlands, pond and lake margins, old fields, disturbed areas, nearly ubiquitous in the modern southeastern United States landscape
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Witch-hazel
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hamamelis virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hamamelis virginiana FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hamamelis virginiana 095-02-001 FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Moist to dryish forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small-leaved Witch-hazel
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hamamelis virginiana var. henryae FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hamamelis virginiana FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hamamelis virginiana 095-02-001? FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhill margins, xeric hammocks, streamheads
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ozark Witch-hazel, Vernal Witch-hazel, Springtime Witch-hazel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hamamelis vernalis FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hamamelis vernalis FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Stream banks, open riparian forests, gravel bars, river scour; also lower slopes adjacent to these habitats
Native: south central US
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Common Name:
Coastal Witch-alder, Pocosin Witch-alder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Fothergilla
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Fothergilla gardenii FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fothergilla gardenii FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fothergilla gardenii 095-03-001 FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Wet savannas, pocosins, and margins of pocosins, and pitcherplant bogs
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Kearney's Witch-alder
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Fothergilla parvifolia FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fothergilla gardenii FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fothergilla gardenii 095-03-001? FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Wet savannas, pocosins, and margins of pocosins, and pitcherplant bogs
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Large Witch-alder, Mountain Witch-alder, Fothergilla
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Fothergilla major FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fothergilla major FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fothergilla major 095-03-002 FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae
Habitat: Dry ridgetop forests of middle elevation ridges in the mountains, especially along the Blue Ridge Escarpment, summits and upper slopes of Piedmont monadnocks, north-facing bluffs and along small streams in the lower Piedmont
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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