Rhododendron tomentosum

Crystal-tea · Ericaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

EricaceaeShrub

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Ericaceae

Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

EuropeTemperate AsiaNorth America

Environmental usesMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-26.95 – 16.47	-25.87 – 15.51
Temperature of the warmest month	-9.83 – 34.79	-9.35 – 31.61
Temperature of the coldest month	-43.61 – 3.67	-42.05 – 1.39
Annual precipitation	100.4 – 3652.64	131.86 – 2625.26
Precipitation seasonality	11.5 – 119.8	13.06 – 116.12

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	20.34 – 60.6	30.2 – 38.7
Clay	%	9.6 – 26.88	16.1 – 23
Coarse fragments	%	2.28 – 15.94	9.9 – 13.3
Total nitrogen	g/kg	2.93 – 12.65	3.64 – 5.26
pH	—	4.5 – 7.5	5.1 – 5.6
Sand	%	21.5 – 66.38	40.1 – 55.2
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	41.52 – 316.5	80.33 – 156.8

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.