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scentless bayberry

Morella inodora

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 6, February 7, March 7, April 12, May 7, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 6, November 4, December 5.
United States229
Mississippi71
Alabama56
Louisiana44
Georgia9

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise scentless bayberry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.