Grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains

• Any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color

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n. any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains [syn: witch alder ]

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Fothergilla ( witch alder ) is a genus of two or three species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae , native to woodland and swamps of the southeastern United States. They are low-growing deciduous shrubs growing to tall with downy twigs. The ...