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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Simaroubaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Leitneriaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Leitneria floridana
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Leitneria floridana
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leitneria floridana
COMMON NAME:
Florida Corkwood
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_200
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lefl_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Simaroubaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leitneria floridana
FAMILY
Leitneriaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Leitneria floridana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Leitneria floridana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leitneria floridana
2589
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious
Habitat: swamps and cabbage palm / sawgrass marshes, especially in the transition zones between coastal hydric hammocks (oak and palm with limestone near the surface) and sawgrass marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
4 tepals in pistillate flowers
Flowers in ascending catkins
FRUIT:
Olive-brown
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p076
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p055
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p231
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p193
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p188
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