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by Renee Brecht
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| Botanical name: |
Morella pensylvanica (Mirb.) Kartesz |
| Common
name: |
northern bayberry |
| Synonomy: | Myrica pensylvanica Mirb. |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Myricaeae |
| Growth
Type: |
tree
shrub |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
up to 10' |
| Foliage: |
leaves dull above |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
bloom early May to June; fruits early July to late August, persisting to winter |
| Habitat: |
low dry to wet sterile or sandy ground of swamps, dunes, shaded woods edges |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewude; most abundant on the coastal strip |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
waxy, gray berries have a very strong, aromatic scent.
The underside of the leaf has yellow resin glands which can be seen with a hand lens.
Used by early European settlers for a source of wax to make candles.
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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. 2: 251. |
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