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Hopkins' bioclimatic law states that in North America east of the Rockies, a 130-m (400-foot) increase in elevation, a 4° change in latitude North (444.48 km), or a 10° change in longitude East (two-thirds of a time zone) will cause a biological event to occur four days later in the spring or four days earlier in the fall. [1]
Rhododendron arborescens, also known as smooth azalea [1] or sweet azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern seaboard of the United States. It grows to a height of 2.4–3 metres (8–10 ft). Generally blooming in late spring and early summer, the flowers range in color from white to pink with red ...
The following is a list of rhododendron cultivars and species which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.They are mostly hardy evergreen shrubs with abundant, brilliantly-coloured, trumpet-shaped flowers, often in large spherical trusses.
Oct. 4—BLUEFIELD — Southern West Virginia's peak of fall foliage has not arrived yet, but trees were changing already Wednesday as the West Virginia Department of Tourism celebrated autumn's ...
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Rhododendron catawbiense, with common names Catawba rosebay, [2] Catawba rhododendron, [3] mountain rosebay, [3] purple ivy, [3] purple laurel, [3] purple rhododendron, [3] red laurel, [3] rosebay, [3] rosebay laurel, [3] is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States, growing mainly in the southern Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia south to northern Alabama.
Rhododendron Festival returns to Sandwich from May 17 to 27 this year. Across the festival, visitors can witness the 160 Dexter and J. C. Cowles' rhododendrons, named after the superintendent of ...
Dolly Sods is the highest plateau east of the Mississippi River with altitudes ranging from 2,644 ft (806 m) at the outlet of Red Creek to 4,123 ft (1,257 m) at the top of the eastern edge mountain ridge on the Allegheny Front.