Plants › clethra family
Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
31 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Virginia sweetspireItea virginica
mountain sweet pepperbushClethra acuminata
coastal pepperbushClethra tomentosa
American pokeweedPhytolacca americana
Alderleaf BuckthornRhamnus alnifolia
He-huckleberryLyonia ligustrina
Indian PokeweedPhytolacca acinosa
Siebold's ViburnumViburnum sieboldii
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 25,376 |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 7,041 |
| New Jersey | 3,836 |
| New York | 3,304 |
| Maryland | 1,800 |
| Connecticut | 1,747 |
| Virginia | 1,517 |
| North Carolina | 1,256 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,011 |
| Rhode Island | 963 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales |
| Family | clethra family · Clethraceae |
| Genus | Clethra |
Study it in a deck
- Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies of Maryland
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
- Wetland-associated Species of New Hampshire, United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Sweet Pepperbush with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.