Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
Ericaceae | Lyonia ferruginea | Crookedwood, Dragonwood, Staggerbush | Dry oak and pine woodlands, Florida scrub, scrubby pine flatwoods, rarely pocosins, spodosolic flatwoods. | Se. SC south to sc. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL. |
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Ericaceae | Lyonia fruticosa | Staggerbush, Poor-grub | Pocosins, Florida scrub, pine flatwoods. | Se. SC (at least formerly) south to s. peninsular FL, west to e. Panhandle FL. |
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Ericaceae | Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora | Southern Maleberry, He-huckleberry | Pocosins, seepage bogs, and other wet habitats. | Se. VA south to s. FL, west to e. TX and e. OK, and (west of the mountains) north to TN and nc. AR. Var. foliosiflora is the usual variety on the Coastal Plain (including the fall-line sandhills). |
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Ericaceae | Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina | Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry | Mountain bogs, shrub balds, bottomlands, other moist to wet habitats, "dry" exposed ridges at high elevations. | S. ME, s. NH, s. VT, s. and e. NY, s. OH, WV, and KY south to w. and c. SC, n. GA, and ne. AL, primarily in the mountains and adjacent provinces. |
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Ericaceae | Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush | Pocosins, wet woodlands, blackwater swamp forests, other acidic wetlands, especially if peaty. | Se. VA south to s. FL and west to e. and c. LA; also in w. Cuba. |
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Ericaceae | Lyonia mariana | Staggerbush, Large-flowered Fetterbush | Pine flatwoods, savannas, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, less commonly in dry rocky woodlands in the lower Piedmont (especially with chestnut oak). | RI (formerly) and NY (Long Island) south to c. peninsular and e. Panhandle FL; disjunct west of the Mississippi River in sc. MO, c. and s. AR, nw. LA, se. OK, and e. TX. |
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