Details for: NA 61761, Rhododendron schlippenbachii Maxim., NEKG 159

11 October 1989.
Gangwon-do, Korea, South
Locality: Gangwon-do: Sokcho-si: Seorak-dong, Seoraksan [mountain], path from tourist hotel to temple. [Originally listed as Kang-won Do, Sorak San, Sorak Dong. Path from Sorak Tourist Hotel to Temple.]
Coordinates: 38.1500, 128.4708 (Map it)
Elevation: 480m.
Environment description: Open, rocky edge of stream growing with Betula schmidtii, Magnolia sieboldii, Pinus, Acer pseudosieboldianum, Quercus mongolica, Juniperus rigida.
Comment: Multi-stemmed shrub 1-1.5m tall. Leaves deciduous, poor brown-yellow. Capsules brown and green., No herbarium specimen.
Collector(s):

• Bristol, Peter W., Chicago Botanic Garden
• March, Sylvester, U.S. National Arboretum
• Meyer, Paul, The University of Pennsylvania
• Thomas, William, Longwood Gardens