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northern bayberry

Morella pensylvanica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 137, February 124, March 150, April 244, May 451, June 208, July 268, August 317, September 269, October 211, November 195, December 131.
United States7,648
Canada4,451
Massachusetts4,029
Nova Scotia3,227
New York2,977
New Jersey2,175
Maine1,894
Quebec1,588
Connecticut688
Rhode Island684

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
  • 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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