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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Morella pensylvanica   FAMILY Myricaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella pensylvanica   FAMILY Myricaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Morella pensylvanica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Myrica pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)

Morella caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-002:

Myrica pensylvanica   FAMILY Myricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Myrica pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cerothamnus carolinensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Bayberry


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image of Morella pensylvanica, Northern Bayberry

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_m_pensylvanica_0033

October    Currituck County    NC

Leaves coriaceous, tardily deciduous, often revolute, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Morella pensylvanica, Northern Bayberry

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_m_pensylvanica_0034

October    Currituck County    NC

Fruit 4-6(7)mm diam, frt wall & warty protuberances densely hirsute when young, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Morella pensylvanica   FAMILY Myricaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella pensylvanica   FAMILY Myricaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Morella pensylvanica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Myrica pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Morella caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-002:
Myrica pensylvanica   FAMILY Myricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myrica pensylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cerothamnus carolinensis

 

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964

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: dunes, sometimes even on the foredune and stoloniferously colonizing the upper beach, more typically behind the foredune on secondary dunes and sandy flats, often growing intermixed with Morella cerifera, but able to occupy drier sites higher on the dunes, from VA north, also ranging inland in sandy situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Waxy gray
Drupe-like

 

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