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| USDA-NRCS PLANTS
Database |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
Morella caroliniensis (L.)
Small |
| Common
name: |
southern bayberry |
| Synonomy: |
| Cerothamnus
caroliniensis
(Mill.) Tidestr. |
| Myrica
caroliniensis Mill. |
| Myrica
heterophylla Raf. |
| Myrica
heterophylla Raf.
var. curtissii (A. Chev) Fernald |
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| Group: |
Dicot
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| Family: |
Myricaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Tree; Shrub
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| Duration: |
Perennial
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| Origin: |
Native |
| Plant
height: |
7-10'
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| Foliage: |
alternately arranged and clustered at
the ends of the branches. Similar to Morella cerifera
but with broader, thicker leaves. Yellow glands on the underside, but
unlike cerifera, not
generally found on the top surface. Fragrant when crushed. Twigs
somewhat hairy, unlike northern baybery (pensylvanica)
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| Flower: |
very small, greenish-white |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
early April to June, before or with
the leaves; fruits early August into October. with evergreen leaves. |
| Habitat: |
dry or moist grounds of woods and
shaded edges, bogs |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
local through the coastal
plain, but into the pine barrens only along the fringes |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution |
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| Misc.: |
According to Hough, "Very similar to M. pensylvanica and
difficult or impossible to separate in dried specimens; the species
were also confused in the old literature. M. heterophylla [now
M.
caroliniensis] has evergreen leaves, shiny above, and the
young fruit are without hair. |
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A.
Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United
States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 585.
Hough, Mary.
New Jersey Wild Plants.
Harmony Press, Harmony, NJ. 1983.
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