Sourwood, the largest tree in azalea family in North America, ranges from the southern tip of Illinois to the gulf coast in Louisiana to Florida. It does not occur wild in Arkansas, but it will grow here.
Plant Database - Trees
Sourwood
(Oxydendrum arboreum)
Form with white flowers ...
sourwood Ericaceae Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. symbol: OXAR
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Sourwood is at its most showy in autumn when the leaves start to blaze in shades of red.
Sourwood is the only species in the genus Oxydendron. That is a shame because Oxydendron is a cool name. Oxy- is Greek for "acid" or "sharp".
Sourwood, the lone species of the genus, is found in woodlands and along streams of eastern North America.
Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
25 to 30'
15 to 20'
Sun or part shade; prefers moist, well-drained soil; tolerates moderate drought.
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Southern Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis)
Stewartia (Stewartia malacodendron) ...
Lily of the Valley Tree, Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum
Linden, Basswood, Lime (Tilia)
Crimean Tilia × euchlora
Littleleaf Tilia cordata
Mongolian Tilia mongolica
Silver Tilia tomentosa
Lingonberry
Lingonberry, Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea ...
'Arabicus' Black Mondo Grass Osmanthus heterophyllus False-holly Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' Goshiki Osmanthus Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide' Gulftide Osmanthus Osmanthus x fortunei Fortune's Osmanthus Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood ...
Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood
Rhododendron - Rhododendron Trees and Shrubs
Rhododendron albiflorum - White-flowered Rhododendron
Rhododendron calendulaceum - Flame Azalea
Rhododendron catawbiense - Purple Laurel; Catawba Rhododendron ...
Description:
The urn-shaped flowers of Sourwood resemble those of at least two other Ericaceous Family members, namely Japanese Pieris and Drooping Leucothoe.
Oxydendrum arboreum
Sourwood, Sorreltree, Lily of the Valley Tree
Ericaceae ...
common name for a variety of plants, including the Australian hibiscus, Hibiscus heterophyllus, of the family. The staggerbush, Lyoma mariana, and the sourwood, Oxydendrum arboreum, of the family, are also called sorrel tree.
Sotol (Dasylirion longissimum)
Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri)
Sour Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Sourwood (Oxydendron arboreum)
Southern Bayberry (Myrica cerifera)
Southern California Black Walnut (Juglans californica) ...
Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood, Sorrel Tree)
Pernettya mucronata
Pieris
Pieris floribunda (Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda)
Pieris 'Forest Flame'
Pieris formosa
Pieris forrestii (Chinese Pieris) ...
 See also: Green, May, Holly, Evergreen, Cherry
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