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Oconee-bells (Shortia galacifolia)

Shortia galacifolia growing creek side at the NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC. Photo Credit: Joe-Ann McCoy

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Diapensiaceae
State: GA, NC, SC, TN, VA
Nature Serve ID: 149979
Lifeform: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 01/01/1985

Description:

Where is Oconee-bells (Shortia galacifolia) located in the wild?

Habitat:

found in woods along mountain streams, usually growing under rosebay and mountain laurel

States & Provinces:

Oconee-bells can be found in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

Which CPC Partners conserve Oconee-bells (Shortia galacifolia)?

The North Carolina Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

Polly Hill Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 03/29/19

Missouri Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 03/14/23

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Conservation Actions

Tina Stanley

03/14/2023

Missouri Botanical Garden holds accessions of Shortia galacifolia in orthodox seed banking.

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains. The species has lost populations in the past due to horticultural collection, and multiple dam construction projects; the long-looked-for type locality is now under the waters of Lake Jocassee in South Carolina. Despite its very local distribution, the species is abundant at many of the remaining sites.

01/01/2010

recorded from one county in Georgia