Index / Search / Dirca palustris
§1 Plant
Dirca palustris L.
vernacular eastern leatherwood — species · Thymelaeaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Dirca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 655 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 655 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Kosciusko 18085
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Bath 21011
- Boyd 21019
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Todd 21219
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- McLeod 27085
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Nicollet 27103
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Rice 27131
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Crawford 29055
- Douglas 29067
- Gasconade 29073
- Grundy 29079
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Shelby 39149
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Northampton 42095
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hawkins 47073
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Smith 47159
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hardy 54031
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iron 55051
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DIPA9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3188462 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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