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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella caroliniensis   FAMILY Myricaceae

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

Morella caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Myrica heterophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Myrica caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-003:

Myrica heterophylla   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:
Pocossin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry, Swamp Candleberry, Southern Bayberry


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image of Morella caroliniensis, Pocossin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry, Swamp Candleberry, Southern Bayberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_moca7_001_lvd

        

image of Morella caroliniensis, Pocossin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry, Swamp Candleberry, Southern Bayberry

Alan S. Weakley    asw_200365959392986

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Leaves elliptic to broadly oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, not revolute (or slightly so if sun-grown), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Morella caroliniensis, Pocossin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry, Swamp Candleberry, Southern Bayberry

JK Marlow    jkm110417_031

April    Cleburne County    AL

Mount Cheaha

Pistillate (female) catkins.

image of Morella caroliniensis, Pocossin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry, Swamp Candleberry, Southern Bayberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmcarolinensis_fmnf1

May    Berkeley-Charleston Counties    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella caroliniensis   FAMILY Myricaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Myrica heterophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Myrica caroliniensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-003:
Myrica heterophylla   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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962

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: pocosins, wet savannas and pine flatwoods, sandhill seepage bogs, and other peaty or sandy-peaty wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
More or less evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown coated with white wax
Drupe-like

 

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