Habitat
Rhododendron tomentosum grows in peaty soils, shrubby areas, moss and lichen tundra.
Rhododendron groenlandicum grows in bogs and wet shores, and sometimes on rocky alpine slopes. Both species are generally northern (north temperate to tundra) in distribution, with the range of R. groenlandicum somewhat farther south.
Rhododendron neoglandulosum grows in wetlands and bogs in western North America, from British Columbia to California to Colorado.
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