#1889 most planted
Pieris floribunda
Mountain fetterbush · also Mountain andromeda, Mountain fetter-bush, Mountain pieris
BroadleafEvergreen
15
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
2.0 in
median trunk (5 cm, 1 measured)
23 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Pieris floribunda is a broadleaf evergreen shrub native to the Eastern United States. All parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested. It thrives in full to part shade and prefers acidic, organic-rich soil.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 140.01%23 yr—
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained, Organic-rich, Acidic
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.0 in, mean 2.0 in, 90th percentile 2.0 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Allegheny Highlands forests
- Appalachian Piedmont forests
Other Pieris in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
