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Photograph(s) by*: CM NRCS, RHW
Characteristics
Height: 2-3'
Spread: 3-6'
Flowers: May-Jul.; white, pink, purple, red
Fruit: Sept.-Mar.; brown; capsule
Fall color: evergreen
Conditions *
Light: 
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 4.5-6
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy Organic
Habitat
acid or sterile soils; old wet pastures, barrens, slow wooded streams, swamp borders, bogs, wet thickets
Native to
Region: Coastal *
States:
Wildlife
Notes
foliage poisonous to hoofed browsers (not eaten by deer)
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1407.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004
