#1224 most planted
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain laurel · also Calico-bush, Spoonwood
85
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
8.2 in
median trunk (21 cm, 72 measured)
8.4 yr
median age (85% have a planting date)
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Kalmia latifolia, commonly known as Mountain Laurel, is a flowering shrub belonging to the heath family. It is native to the eastern United States, with a range stretching from southern Maine to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana. It is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 720.06%8.4 yr8.2 in
- 130.01%——
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New England-Acadian forests