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Fothergilla milleri W.D. Phillips & J.E. Haynes. Common name: Miller's Witch-alder. Phenology: Mar-May; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Seepy, acid wetlands. Distribution: Coastal Plain of wc. GA (Taylor County), s. AL (Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Geneva counties), and Panhandle FL (Okaloosa, Walton counties).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See Haynes et al. (2020) for detail. A diploid species (2n=2x=24), and apparently involved as a parental lineage of both F. gardenii and F. major.

Synonymy ⓘ: = NS, POWO, Haynes et al (2020); < Fothergilla gardenii L. — Fl2, FNA3, GW2, K4, WH3, Weaver (1969); >< Fothergilla parvifolia Kearney — S, S13. Basionym: Fothergilla milleri W.D.Phillips & J.E.Haynes 2020

Links to other floras: < Fothergilla gardenii - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Fothergilla milleri, Taylor County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Fothergilla milleri, Taylor County, Georgia 5 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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