Stewartia pseudocamellia
Japanese stewartia · also Korean stewartia, Deciduous camellia
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Stewartia pseudocamellia, also known as Japanese or Korean stewartia, is a deciduous flowering tree native to temperate Japan and Korea. It features showy summer blooms reminiscent of camellias. This species requires ample moisture when young and has moderate water needs.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3110.17%—3.0 in
- 2420.11%—4.6 in
- 560.36%16 yr3.0 in
- 370.03%—19 in
- 340.10%—1.6 in
- 210.01%13 yr3.0 in
- 120.00%—3.0 in
- 60.00%—2.5 in
- 30.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 30–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–25 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.0 in, mean 4.7 in, 90th percentile 7.0 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
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Nihonkai montane deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
- Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests
Other Stewartia in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
