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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Morella pumila
FAMILY
Myricaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dwarf Wax-myrtle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf Bayberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_moce2_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_myce_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0505t_17
May Williamsburg County SC
Small shrub usually less than 1m tall, strongly stoloniferous, per Weakley's Flora.
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
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
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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