Editing Oxydendrum (section)

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{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
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{{Speciesbox
 | name = Sourwood
 | image = Oxydendrum arboreum.jpg
 | image_upright = 1.15
 | status = LC
 | status_system = IUCN3.1
 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Stritch, L. |date=2018 |title=''Oxydendrum arboreum'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T62002889A62003254 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62002889A62003254.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
 | display_parents = 3
 | grandparent_authority = Cox
 | genus = Oxydendrum
 | parent_authority = [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]
 | species = arboreum
 | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[A. P. de Candolle|DC.]]
 | range_map = Oxydendrum map.png
}}

'''''Oxydendrum arboreum''''', {{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɒ|k|s|ᵻ|ˈ|d|ɛ|n|d|r|ə|m|_|ɑr|ˈ|b|ɔər|i|ə|m}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Sunset Western Garden Book |date=1995 |pages=606–607}}</ref> the '''sourwood''' or '''sorrel tree''', is the sole [[species]] in the [[genus]] '''''Oxydendrum''''', in the family [[Ericaceae]]. It is native to eastern [[North America]], from southern [[Pennsylvania]] south to northwest [[Florida]] and west to southern [[Illinois]]; it is most common in the lower chain of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. The tree is frequently seen as a component of [[oak-heath forest]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/ncTIIIe.shtml |title=The Natural Communities of Virginia Classification of Ecological Community Groups (Version 2.3) |publisher=Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation |date=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115181617/http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/ncTIIIe.shtml |archive-date=2009-01-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Schafale |first1=M. P. |last2=A. S. |first2=Weakley |date=1990 |title=Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina: third approximation |publisher=North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation}}</ref>

[[File:Oxydendron arboreum-foliage.jpg|left|thumb|Foliage]]