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hillside false ohelo

Wikstroemia uva-ursi ยท Thymelaeaceae

hillside false ohelo (Wikstroemia uva-ursi)
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hillside false ohelo (Wikstroemia uva-ursi) is a perennial shrub in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is native to North America.

At a glance

Typeshrub USDA
Lifecycleperennial USDA
Native statusnative USDA
Mature height3 ft USDA
Lightfull-sun USDA
Water needhigh USDA
Growth ratemoderate USDA
Flower colorYellow USDA
Guild layershrub Derived
Nursery availabilityNo Known Source USDA

USDA quoted from the USDA PLANTS database ยท Derived computed by a fixed rule from those columns. No value on this page is estimated.

Growing conditions

It needs full sun. USDA rates it as having needs consistently moist ground.

Size and growth

At maturity it reaches about 3 ft, making it a low to knee-height plant. It grows at a moderate rate, which matters when you are timing a planting around the layers above it.

Role in a guild

Shrub layer. In a layered planting this is woody mid-level structure between the understory and the ground. We derive the layer from the plant's growth habit and mature height using a fixed rule, so the same inputs always produce the same layer.

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Tags

deciduoussalt-tolerantsandy-soildeer-resistantnativefull-sunwet-tolerant

Where this data comes from

Every value on this page comes from the USDA PLANTS database record for symbol WIUV, or is computed from those values by a fixed rule. Nothing here is estimated or model-generated. Where USDA publishes no value, this page omits the claim rather than filling the gap.

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