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(New page: The '''Mayflower''', also known as the ''trailing arbutus'', is Massachusetts state flower. <ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma</ref> <ref>http://www.50sta...) |
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| − | The '''Mayflower''', also known as the ''trailing arbutus'', is [[Massachusetts]] | + | The '''Mayflower''', ''(Epigaea repens L.)'' <ref>http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23646</ref> also known as the ''trailing arbutus'', is [[Massachusetts]] |
[[state flower]]. <ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma</ref> | [[state flower]]. <ref>http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma</ref> | ||
<ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/massachusetts.htm</ref> | <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/massachusetts.htm</ref> | ||
| + | It is a [[perennial]] shrub of the heath family, with evergreen leaves and small, pale pink or white flowers. <ref>http://www.mdflora.org/plantinfo/plantofthemonth/pim_trailing_arbutus.html</ref><ref>http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPRE2</ref> The plant grows close to the ground, prefers acidic, sandy soils and grows best in partially shady areas along rock ledges, steep banks, and under or around evergreens. It blooms in the early spring and summer, <ref>http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/epigaearepe.html</ref> grows only a few inches in height, has small, 5 lobed flowers of about 1/2 inch each and can survive in low moisture conditions. <ref>http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Massachusetts/flower_mayflower.html</ref> <ref>http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/Archive/05spring/mountain_state_flora_trailing_arbutus.shtm</ref> Trailing arbutus grows wild in several states in the [[United States|U.S.]] and in parts of [[Canada]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:43, February 17, 2009
The Mayflower, (Epigaea repens L.) [1] also known as the trailing arbutus, is Massachusetts state flower. [2] [3] It is a perennial shrub of the heath family, with evergreen leaves and small, pale pink or white flowers. [4][5] The plant grows close to the ground, prefers acidic, sandy soils and grows best in partially shady areas along rock ledges, steep banks, and under or around evergreens. It blooms in the early spring and summer, [6] grows only a few inches in height, has small, 5 lobed flowers of about 1/2 inch each and can survive in low moisture conditions. [7] [8] Trailing arbutus grows wild in several states in the U.S. and in parts of Canada.
References
- ↑ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23646
- ↑ http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma
- ↑ http://www.50states.com/flower/massachusetts.htm
- ↑ http://www.mdflora.org/plantinfo/plantofthemonth/pim_trailing_arbutus.html
- ↑ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPRE2
- ↑ http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/epigaearepe.html
- ↑ http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Massachusetts/flower_mayflower.html
- ↑ http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/magazine/Archive/05spring/mountain_state_flora_trailing_arbutus.shtm