OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nyssa ogeche   FAMILY Nyssaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa ogeche   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Nyssa ogeche

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 141-01-003:

Nyssa ogeche   FAMILY Nyssaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nyssa acuminata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nyssa ogeche

 

COMMON NAME:
Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Plum


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image of Nyssa ogeche, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Plum

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_815

        

image of Nyssa ogeche, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Plum

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_nyssa_ogeche_3

July        

Fruit an oblong drupe, 1-1.5" long, pendulous on stalks 0.5" long or less, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Nyssa ogeche, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Plum

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_nyssa_ogeche_7

July        

Leaves similar to N. aquatica; tips rounded to blunt; petioles less than 1", per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nyssa ogeche   FAMILY Nyssaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa ogeche   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nyssa ogeche

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 141-01-003:
Nyssa ogeche   FAMILY Nyssaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nyssa acuminata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nyssa ogeche

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

976

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious

Habitat: River swamps and wet forests with peaty soils, also in upland depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
5 sepals
5-10 petals or petals absent

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

 

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