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Read more about Eastern Leatherwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dirca palustris
FAMILY
Thymelaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dirca palustris
FAMILY
Thymelaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 133-01-001:
Dirca palustris
FAMILY
Thymelaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dirca palustris
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Leatherwood, Leatherbark, Wicopee, Rope-bark
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dipa9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100314_019
March Decatur County GA
Flowers in axillary clusters of 2-3; floral tube 5-6mm long, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm100314_024
March Decatur County GA
Twigs have a jointed appearance due to swollen nodes, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm100314_030
March Decatur County GA
The tough tan-brown bark was used by native Americans for cordage, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm100314_038
March Decatur County GA
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JK Marlow jkm100314_040
March Decatur County GA
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Roxanna Martin rlm31911_87
March Spartanburg County SC
Flowers in clusters of 2-3, appearing with or just before lanose young leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm31911_92
March Spartanburg County SC
Pale yellow, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers about 1/3" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Ron Lance rwl_dircapalustris
March
In cultivation
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Ron Lance rwl_dircapalustris2
March
In cultivation
Naked buds partially sunken and surrounded by leaf scars, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_170
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Leaves elliptic or oval, short-petioled, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_173
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Drupe red [when ripe], ellipsoid, 6-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_179
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
The curiously flexible twigs and swollen nodes are distinctive, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_230
April Spartanburg County SC
Fruit a greenish drupe about 1cm long, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4910_148
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4910_150
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves widely elliptic to obovate, mostly 4-9cm long, 2.5-7cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s060429_c
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdpalustris_wl2
Month Unknown