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§1 Plant

Spiraea douglasii Hook.

vernacular rose spirea — species · Rosaceae


USDA
SPDO
GBIF
3027159
Rank
species
rose spirea (Spiraea douglasii)
Platephotograph · littlecrabtaraCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus
Spiraea
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 95 counties across 10 states/territories
Legend Native · 95 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
Medium
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
16–50 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7.5
Root depth
16 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
7 ft
Height @ 20 y
7 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
1,030,400
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 95 counties across 10 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 2 N
California view state ↗ 14 N
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N
Montana view state ↗ 5 N
Oregon view state ↗ 25 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N
Washington view state ↗ 28 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SPDO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3027159 ↗

Record version

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