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Your search found 5 taxa in the family Santalaceae, Sandalwood family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Eastern Bastard-toadflax, Eastern Comandra, Star-toadflax
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Comandra umbellata var. umbellata FAMILY: Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata FAMILY: Santalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Comandra umbellata 060-01-001 FAMILY: Santalaceae
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, woodland borders, glades, usually in acidic soils and most common in oak/heath forests
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Nestronia, Conjurer's-nut, Leechbush, Indian-olive
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nestronia umbellula FAMILY: Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nestronia umbellula FAMILY: Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nestronia umbellula 060-02-001 FAMILY: Santalaceae
Habitat: Relatively mesic sites in sandhills in the upper Coastal Plain, mesic to dry Piedmont and montane oak forests
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Buckleya, Piratebush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Buckleya distichophylla FAMILY: Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Buckleya distichophylla FAMILY: Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Buckleya distichophylla 060-03-001 FAMILY: Santalaceae
Habitat: Dry or rocky bluffs and slopes, usually with pines or hemlock, and most common in scrubby pine-oak/heath woodlands, also rich woods and stream banks
Rare in NC Mountains
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Buffalo-nut, Oil-nut
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pyrularia pubera FAMILY: Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pyrularia pubera FAMILY: Santalaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pyrularia pubera 060-04-001 FAMILY: Santalaceae
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, over a wide range of substrates
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum FAMILY: Santalaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phoradendron leucarpum FAMILY: Viscaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phoradendron serotinum 061-01-001 FAMILY: Loranthaceae
Habitat: Parasitic on various species of trees, especially abundant in swamp forests (perhaps because they are less frequently cut and have older, more mature hardwoods)
Common (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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