Syringa meyeri
Korean lilac
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Syringa meyeri is a substantial deciduous shrub, growing up to 20 feet tall and broad. It features green leaves felted white beneath and produces panicles of heavily scented, white-throated lilac flowers in early summer. Native to temperate regions of Korea and China, it is often treated as a small ornamental tree in cultivation.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 100.00%—4.3 in
- 70.01%20 yr—
- 10.00%—1.0 in
- 10.00%—1.6 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20 ft
- Blooms
- Jun
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.1 in, mean 3.8 in, 90th percentile 5.8 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 China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
Other Syringa in the catalogue
13 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
