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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
TheaceaeCamelliaCamellia, Teaimage of plant
TheaceaeCamellia japonicaCamellia, Comon CamelliaFrequently cultivated, sometimes persistent around old home sites, at least weakly spreading near cultivated plants (Diamond 2013).Native of China.image of plant
TheaceaeCamellia sasanquaSasanqua CamelliaReported as introduced in NC, SC, GA, and FL (Kartesz 1999). Byrd & Diamond (2018) report its naturalization in AL.
TheaceaeCamellia sinensisTeaCultivated in plantations and as a horticultural novelty, rarely escaped.Native of China.image of plant
TheaceaeFrankliniaFrankliniaimage of plant
TheaceaeFranklinia alatamahaFrankliniaHabitat speculative, probably dry sandy ridges, near the mouth of the Altamaha River; believed to be extinct in the wild.Franklinia was native to the Coastal Plain of GA, where it was found by William Bartram near the mouth of the Altamaha River.image of plant
TheaceaeGordoniaLoblolly Bay, Gordoniaimage of plant
TheaceaeGordonia lasianthusLoblolly Bay, Gordonia, Tan Bay, Black LaurelPocosins, bayheads, acidic, organic-rich swamp forests, wet pine savannas, bay forests.Ne. NC south to s. peninsular FL, west to s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999), a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic.image of plant
TheaceaeStewartiaStewartia, Wild Camellia
TheaceaeStewartia malacodendronSilky Camellia, Virginia StewartiaMesic forests, especially on beech-dominated bluffs or ‘upland islands’ in Coastal Plain swamps, steepheads, bayheads.Primarily Coastal Plain, se. VA south to FL, west to se. TX, but extending inland to the Piedmont of GA, NC, and SC and the Mountains of AL and NC.image of plant
TheaceaeStewartia ovataMountain Camellia, Mountain StewartiaMesic forests, especially along streams and on acidic bluffs, often in openings in rhododendron thickets (‘hells’), in the Coastal Plain of VA restricted to ravines.Primarily Appalachian: e. KY, sc. VA, e. VA south to c. NC, w. SC, e. and c. TN to n. GA and n. AL, avoiding, however, the higher mountains, and extending into the Coastal Plain in e. VA. The species is most abundant in the Cumberland Plateau of s. KY and TN.image of plant
TheaceaeTheaceaeTea Familyimage of plant