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|accepted_name=Oxydendrum arboreum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=7: 601. 1839,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Andromeda arborea
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 394. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Oxydendrum;Oxydendrum arboreum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxydendrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Oxydendrum arboreum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 497
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to ca. 25(–35) m, with sour-tasting sap. <b>Stems</b> terete. <b>Leaf</b> blades turning red in autumn, 5.5–23.5 × 2–8 cm, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes 1–2 × 0.7–1.4 mm; corolla 4–7 × 2.5–5.5 mm; filaments 2–3.5 mm; anthers with locules narrowed distally, tubulelike; style strongly impressed into apex of ovary. <b>Capsules</b> 3.5–8.5 × 2–4 mm, unicellular-hairy; placentae basal. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Usually well-drained, acid, broadleaved forests on slopes, bluffs, in ravines, or along streams, ecotone areas in pinelands, swamp margins
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i> is often used as an ornamental; it sometimes persists after cultivation (or rarely escapes from cultivation) in regions north of its native range; specimen-based records from New Jersey and southern New York appear to represent such escapes from cultivation.</p>
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name=Oxydendrum arboreum
|authority=(Linnaeus) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Andromeda arborea
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Usually well-drained, acid, broadleaved forests on slopes, bluffs, in ravines, or along streams, ecotone areas in pinelands, swamp margins
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Oxydendrum
|species=Oxydendrum arboreum
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