Owls Head (in Franklin County, NY) Populated Place Profile. Owls Head (GNIS FID: 959685) is a populated place located within the Town of Bellmont, a minor civil division (MCD) of Franklin County. The elevation of Owls Head is 1,532 feet. Owls Head appears on the Owls Head U.S. Geological Survey Map.
Kalmia is a genus of about 8 species of evergreen shrubs from 0.2â5 m tall, in the family Ericaceae.hey grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid bog habitats (K. angustifolia, K. polifolia) and dry, sandy soils (K. ericoides, K. latifolia). Kalmia was named by Linnaeus to honour his friend the botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern North America during the mid-18th century.
evergreen Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. Governor Gifford Pinchot decided the choice of the official State flower in the 1930s. The General Assembly had passed two bills each naming a different favorite shrub-(Mountain laurel and the Pink azalea). Governor Pinchot chose the former and signed the bill into law on May 5, 1933. Mountain laurel in Pennsylvania normally begins to bloom late in May and its pink and white blossoms are in evidence well into June. Thousands of tourists from the Commonwealth and surrounding states are attracted to the mountains each spring to view this co. lorful display. Mountain laurel is a member of the heath family (Ericaceae). This family of plants contains many of our most common and best-known shrubs including huckleberries, blueberries, azaleas, cranberries and rhododendron. Mountain laurel varies from four to ten feet in height, although specimens 40 feet tall are found in some southern states. It is commonly found growing on rocky hilltops.