Paxistima canbyi A. Gray
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- Family
- Celastraceae
- Botanical Name
- Paxistima canbyi A. Gray
- Common Name
- Canby's Mountain-lover, Cliff-green, Rat-stripper
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Paxistima canbyi Gray
- Comments
- A broad Central Appalachian endemic.
- Habitat
- Calcareous woodlands and barrens, usually on bluffs and cliff tops along rivers and streams; most characteristic on limestone and dolostone, rarely on calcareous shales and metabasalt. Rare in the mountains; confined to the Ridge and Valley province, except for one Northern Blue Ridge site.
- Native Status
- Native
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