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Rododendro del Catawba
Rhododendron catawbiense
Un gran arbusto de hoja perenne ancha, redondeado y de tallos múltiples, propio de los Apalaches del sur — generalmente de 6-10 feet de altura (raramente hasta 20) con hojas verde oscuro brillante y llamativos corimboterminales compactos de 15-20 flores lavanda-rosadas en forma de embudo, que florecen de mediados a finales de primavera. Nativo desde Virginia y Kentucky hasta Georgia y Alabama, donde forma espesos matorrales en laderas rocosas y crestas a gran altitud. Prefiere veranos frescos, suelos ácidos húmedos pero bien drenados y sombra parcial; todas sus partes son sumamente tóxicas si se ingieren.
Native: 9 US states
Climate fit: moderate (54/100)
Structure
Focal point
Border
Light
Part sun / Part shade
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
72-120" tall · 96" apart
Hardy in zones
4a-8b
very cold to frosty winters
AHS heat range
1-9
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
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Native across 9 US states and Canadian provinces — a wide-ranging part of North America's plant communities.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 40 ecoregions — 35 climate-resilient through 2070 · 5 suited today. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Colorado Rockies forests
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Cross-Timbers savanna-woodland
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Rododendro del Catawba (Rhododendron catawbiense). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/rhododendron-catawbiense
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Botanical research database
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database
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