#1477 most planted
Spiraea virginiana
Virginia meadowsweet · also Virginia spiraea
39
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
17 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Spiraea virginiana is a rare shrub growing 1-3 meters tall, bearing cream-white flowers in June and July. Native to the southern Appalachian Mountains, it thrives in riparian habitats and is adapted to periodic flooding, reproducing clonally. It is a federally listed threatened species, sensitive to hydrological disturbances and competition from urban planting.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 390.03%17 yr—
Traits
- Mature height
- 3–10 ft
- Soil
- Well-drained, Rocky
- Water needs
- High
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
- Appalachian Piedmont forests
- Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
Other Spiraea in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
