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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. |
| Botanical name: |
Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. |
| Common
name: |
maleberry |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Ericaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
shrub |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
3-12' |
| Foliage: |
leaves alternate, oblong or egg-shaped |
| Flowers: |
white, 1/8" across |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
May to July |
| Habitat: |
wet thickets, sandy soils |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewide, most abundant in the Pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
the seed capsule is five-parted and persistent.
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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: 687. |
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