. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES AZALEAS: Leaves fringed with tiny hairs or bristles, untoothed (or minutely fine-toothed), clustered near twig tips. fruit (flowers) also clustered at twig tips. Fruit elongate capsules. RHODORA Rhododendron canadense Leaves dull or bluish green above, more or less hairy beneath, 2-6 cm. long. Capsules . cm. long, whitened, somewhat hairy with few if any glandular hairs. Flowers with 10 stamens, appearing before or with the new leaves. Branches reaching strongly upward. Peaty shores, bogs, swamps, low,
. Concord area trees and shrubs. Botany; Trees; Shrubs. SHRUBS ALTERNATE SIMPLE LEAVES AZALEAS: Leaves fringed with tiny hairs or bristles, untoothed (or minutely fine-toothed), clustered near twig tips. fruit (flowers) also clustered at twig tips. Fruit elongate capsules. RHODORA Rhododendron canadense Leaves dull or bluish green above, more or less hairy beneath, 2-6 cm. long. Capsules . cm. long, whitened, somewhat hairy with few if any glandular hairs. Flowers with 10 stamens, appearing before or with the new leaves. Branches reaching strongly upward. Peaty shores, bogs, swamps, low, moist, open, acid soil. Uncommon. SWAMP AZALEA Rhododendron viscosum Leaves hairless beneath except for bristly midrib. Capsules 1-2 cm. long, bristly. Flowers with 5 stamens, typically white with a small amount of pink, blossoming no earlier than June (after the leaves appear), spicy-fragrant. Bogs, pond shores, swampy thickets, edges of damp clearings. Common. ROSESHELL AZALEA Rhododendron prinophyllum (or R. roseum) Leaves dull above, gray-hairy beneath, mostly 5-8 cm. long. Capsules cm. long, glandular-bristly. Flowers with 5 stamens, appearing with the new leaves, fragrant. Moist or dry woods, damp thickets. Rare. [PINXTER-FLOWER Rhododendron periclymenoides (or R. nudiflorum) Like the preceding but flowers essentially odorless, appearing before the leaves. Leaves hairless beneath except for bristly midrib. Capsules bristly but essentially glandless. Recorded in adjacent counties to the west and south in bogs and wet woods.] (PRINTS FULL SIZE) 63. AZALEA FLOWERS ROSESHELL AZALEA. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Angelo, Ray, 1948-; Angelo, Ray, 1948-. Cambridge, Mass. : Concord Field Station, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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