1944

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Look for it in savannas, pine flatwoods, relatively moist to extremely dry sites in sandhills (under Quercus laevis and Q. geminata), per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Dry

LEAVES:
Evergreen (usually)
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Flowers in catkins

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Waxy gray
Drupaceous

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p366?
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p353?
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p054?
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p206?
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p216
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p072

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Morella pumila   FAMILY Myricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella cerifera   FAMILY Myricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Myrica cerifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-001b:
Myrica cerifera var. pumila   FAMILY Myricaceae