Kalmia angustifolia

sheep laurel, lambkill

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Photo credit: R. Harrison Wiegand, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service. www.dnr.state.md.us
Family

Ericaceae

Region

Coastal Plain

States

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Plant Type

Low Shrub

Height

2 - 3ft

Spread

3 - 6ft

Flower Color

Pink, Purple, Red, White

Fruit

Capsule; Brown

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade

Soil Texture

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Soil Moisture

Moist, Wet

Blooms

May - July

Fall Color

evergreen

Habitat

acid or sterile soils; old wet pastures, barrens, slow wooded streams, swamp borders, bogs, wet thickets

Notes

foliage poisonous to hoofed browsers (not eaten by deer)

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