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southern bayberry

Morella caroliniensis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 14, February 13, March 16, April 27, May 47, June 16, July 14, August 16, September 22, October 25, November 14, December 13.
United States1,413
New Jersey237
Mississippi155
Alabama136
North Carolina126
Louisiana117
Pennsylvania84
South Carolina68
Georgia58
New York56

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Tree growth formListed by a harvested source as having a tree growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familywax trees and shrubs · Myricaceae
GenusBayberries · Morella

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