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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Cyrillaceae, Cyrilla family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Titi, Swamp Cyrilla, Leatherwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cyrilla racemiflora FAMILY: Cyrillaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cyrilla racemiflora FAMILY: Cyrillaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cyrilla racemiflora 111-01-001 FAMILY: Cyrillaceae
Habitat: Pocosins, swamps, lake and pine flatwood pond margins, streambanks, pine flatwoods
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Buckwheat-tree, Black Titi, Buckwheat-bush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cliftonia monophylla FAMILY: Cyrillaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cliftonia monophylla FAMILY: Cyrillaceae
Habitat: Acid bogs, bayheads, swamps, and streambanks
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coastal Sweet-pepperbush, Coastal White-alder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clethra alnifolia FAMILY: Cyrillaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Clethra alnifolia FAMILY: Clethraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clethra alnifolia var. alnifolia 143-01-002a FAMILY: Clethraceae
Habitat: Pocosins, blackwater swamp forests, nonriverine swamp forests
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Downy Sweet-pepperbush, Downy White-alder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Clethra tomentosa FAMILY: Cyrillaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Clethra alnifolia FAMILY: Clethraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa 143-01-002b FAMILY: Clethraceae
Habitat: Pocosins, swamps, streambanks
Uncommon
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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