clèthre à feuilles d'aulne vs mountain sweet pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia compared with Clethra acuminata

Key Differences

• clèthre à feuilles d'aulne is Not Evaluated while mountain sweet pepperbush is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	clèthre à feuilles d'aulne	mountain sweet pepperbush
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Ericales (Ericales)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family same	Clethraceae	Clethraceae
Genus same	Clethra	Clethra
Species	Clethra alnifolia	Clethra acuminata

Evolutionary Relationship

clèthre à feuilles d'aulne and mountain sweet pepperbush share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Clethra.

Conservation Status

clèthre à feuilles d'aulne

NE — Not Evaluated

mountain sweet pepperbush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	clèthre à feuilles d'aulne	mountain sweet pepperbush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

clèthre à feuilles d'aulne

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

mountain sweet pepperbush

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

clèthre à feuilles d'aulne

Coastal sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) is a deciduous shrub in the family Clethraceae, native to the Atlantic coastal plain of eastern North America, from Maine south to Florida and west to Texas. It grows in coastal wetlands, swamp margins, pocosins, pine barrens, and the edges of freshwater and brackish marshes, typically in acidic, poorly drained soils. In summer, it produces fragrant spikes of small white flowers that attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in abundance, giving it the alternate common name summer sweet. The glossy, toothed leaves turn golden yellow in autumn. Coastal sweet pepperbush is a rhizomatous shrub that spreads by suckering, forming dense thickets. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental for rain gardens, coastal landscapes, and pollinator plantings, valued for its fragrance and tolerance of wet, sandy, or infertile conditions. Its IUCN status is Not Evaluated; however, wild populations appear stable across the eastern coastal plain. The species serves important ecological functions as a pollinator resource in coastal plain habitats that are otherwise low in nectar-producing shrubs during midsummer.