Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Simaroubaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Leitneriaceae
COMMON NAME:
Corkwood, Florida Corkwood
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lefl_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Simaroubaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Leitneriaceae
2589
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious
Native to Georgia
Habitat: swamps and cabbage palm / sawgrass marshes, especially in the transition zones between coastal hydric hammocks (oak and palm with limestone near the surface) and sawgrass marshes, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
4 tepals in pistillate flowers
Flowers in ascending catkins
FRUIT:
Olive-brown
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p055
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p231
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p193
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p188