Fothergilla latifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Hamamelidaceae/Fothergilla

At a glance

Occurrence records5

Data sources6

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections3

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Fothergilla latifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF5 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 72

01Narrative

Fothergilla major, the large witch alder or mountain witch alder, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Fothergilla, family Hamamelidaceae, that is native to woodland and swamps in the Allegheny Mountains and southern Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2.5 m with fragrant white bottlebrush flowers appearing along with, or before, the glossy leaves. The leaves often turn brilliant shades of red and orange in autumn. Fothergilla major prefers full sun to part shade and is disease and insect resistant. It thrives in moist, acidic soils, but is fairly drought tolerant. It is hardy in USDA hardiness zones 4–8. This plant is named for the English physician and plant collector John Fothergill (1712-1780). The Latin specific epithet major means "larger". It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Witch alder (4411832034).jpg Fothergilla major4.jpg

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Dispersal typeunspecialized

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

05DNA & barcoding3 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Fothergilla latifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections3

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Fothergilla latifolia carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 72 n = 36

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records48–722n range72median72mode9records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 726×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora · CCDB · book-fedorov +1

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Oginuma, K. & H. Tobe. 1991. Karyomorphology and evolution in some Hamamelidaceae and Platanaceae (Hamamelididae; Hamamelidales). Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 104: 115–135.

CCDB · eflora

CCDB · book-fedorov — Anderson E., Sax 1935

CCDB · book-fedorov — Thomas (Ernst W. R. 1963)

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

2n 483×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-fedorov — Anderson E., Sax-1935

CCDB · book-fedorov — Thomas (Ernst W. B. 1963)

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Anderson & S. 1935

n 362×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1963

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — WEAVER, R.E. Jr. 1969. studies in the North American genus Fothergilla (Hamamelidaceae). J. Arnold Arb. 50: 599-619.

CCDB · Cave1963 — Ernst 1963

n 241×CCDB · Cave1963

CCDB · Cave1963 — Ernst 1963

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type5 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO16 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 2

4 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 2 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Auckland, NZ	3
Dekalb, US	1

2 institutions · 4 of 4 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Fothergilla latifolia was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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