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Read more about Camphortree at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Camphora officinarum
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cinnamomum camphora
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (INVALID NAME)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Camphora camphora
COMMON NAME:
Camphortree
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JK Marlow jkm150301_801
March Charleston County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150301_802
March Charleston County SC
Leaves glabrous, long-petioled, spicy-aromatic when crushed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm150301_805b
March Charleston County SC
Leaf margins entire, yellowish-green, and wavy, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm150301_805c
March Charleston County SC
Buds 1.2cm long, sharp-pointed, with overlapping scales, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_5421916
June
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_5421918
October
Many fleshy dangling drupes, turning black with a funnel-shaped green base, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_5421917
November
Bark brownish, fissured, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bug_1539078
Month Unknown
Twigs green, glabrous, aromatic, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org bug_5284094
Month Unknown
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T. Davis Sydnor, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_5497873
Month Unknown SC