RSBG "Rhododendron Species 2022"
The Rhododendron Species Botanic Garden journal 'Rhododendron Species', 2022, Vol. 17 has recently come out. It contains several articles of interest to Pacific NW botanists.
Rhododendron subsection Ledum, by Will Clausen talks about the Trapper Teas which were formerly in the genus Ledum. Oregon has only one species in this group and that is R. columbianum, which is found in the coast ranges and Siskiyou/Klamath Mountains, and in the Wallowa Mountains - but not in the Cascades. Washington State however has three species: R. columbianum, groenlandicum and neoglandulosum.
Emily Joseph has an article "Botanizing in the Biotic Communities of the Olympic Mountains" which is very interesting.f
For those interested in a recently described new species of Rhododendron there is an article on R. smokianum, Bauer & Albach, by Ralf Bauer. This species is found in a limited area in the Great Smoky Mountains, USA.
More information about the RSBG can be found on their website: https://rhodygarden.org/ This garden is a must visit garden for anyone interested in studying rhododendrons. However, any rhododendron found there isn't wild!
