Styrax americanus
American snowbell · also Snowbell, Mock orange, American storax
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Styrax americanus, commonly known as American snowbell, is a shrub or small tree native to the southeastern United States and Ohio Valley, typically growing up to 5 meters tall. It thrives in wet habitats such as swamps and floodplains. Its leaves are elliptic to ovate, and it produces flowers from the leaf axils.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 260.00%—3.0 in
- 60.01%—6.6 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Mature height
- 16.4 ft
- Soil
- Wet
- Water needs
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.0 in, mean 4.4 in, 90th percentile 6.6 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
- East Central Texas forests
- Mississippi lowland forests
Other Styrax in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
