#1344 most planted
Pieris japonica
Japanese pieris · also Japanese andromeda, Pieris, Lily-of-the-valley-bush
Evergreen
57
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
4
cities
4.0 in
median trunk (10 cm, 8 measured)
11 yr
median age (32% have a planting date)
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Pieris japonica is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan. It belongs to the heath family and thrives in mountain thickets. This species is widely valued and cultivated in gardens.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 330.01%—3.0 in
- 180.01%11 yr—
- 50.00%—4.0 in
- 10.01%—7.9 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.0 in, mean 5.9 in, 90th percentile 11 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.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
Other Pieris in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
