Rosebay Rhododendron - Rhododendron maximum
Rosebay Rhododendron - Rhododendron maximum - on Margarette Falls Trail in Cherokee National Forest near Greeneville, Tennessee.
Also called Great-laurel, is a native small tree or large shrub with evergreen leaves, multistemmed and often thicket forming, with flowers that are less crinkled and more symmetrical and with rounded petal tips than other native rhododendrons and with elliptic, strap-like leaves often crowded near branch tips.
Found on moist, shady mountain slopes, along streams, ponds, and bogs, to elevations of 6000 feet.
Kershner, Mathews, Nelson, and Spellenberg, National Wildlife Federation Guide to Trees of North America
Rosebay Rhododendron - Rhododendron maximum
Rosebay Rhododendron - Rhododendron maximum - on Margarette Falls Trail in Cherokee National Forest near Greeneville, Tennessee.
Also called Great-laurel, is a native small tree or large shrub with evergreen leaves, multistemmed and often thicket forming, with flowers that are less crinkled and more symmetrical and with rounded petal tips than other native rhododendrons and with elliptic, strap-like leaves often crowded near branch tips.
Found on moist, shady mountain slopes, along streams, ponds, and bogs, to elevations of 6000 feet.
Kershner, Mathews, Nelson, and Spellenberg, National Wildlife Federation Guide to Trees of North America