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Rhamnaceae
Ceanothus

not marked as a favorite taxon Ceanothus americanus Linnaeus var. intermedius (Pursh) Torrey & A. Gray. Common name: Southeastern New Jersey Tea, Southeastern Ceanothus. Phenology: May-Jun; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy woodlands and forests, rocky openings around granitic or quartzitic rocks in the Piedmont. Distribution: NJ (or possibly MA) south to c. peninsular FL, west to LA, mostly on the Coastal Plain, but disjunct inland to sandy soils around outcrops of siliceous rocks.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: The recognition of infraspecific taxa in the variable C. americanus is uncertain; var. intermedius may either represent ecological forms, or the variation may be too clinal to make taxonomic recognition rewarding. However, material sorts relatively easily, with some intermediates from the Piedmont; varietal status seems provisionally appropriate.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, Tat, Brizicky (1964a), Coile (1988a), Fross & Wilken (2006); = Ceanothus intermedius Pursh — S, S13; < Ceanothus americanus L. — FNA12, K4, Mo3, RAB, Tn, Va, W, WH3. Basionym: Ceanothus intermedius Pursh 1814

Links to other floras: < Ceanothus americanus - FNA12

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