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wax myrtle
Morella cerifera
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
northern bayberryMorella pensylvanica
dwarf bayberryMorella pumila
Pacific Wax myrtleMorella californica
southern bayberryMorella caroliniensis
groundsel treeBaccharis halimifolia
redbayTamala borbonia
gallberryIlex glabra
Green ButtonwoodConocarpus erectus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 29,397 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 4,290 |
| North Carolina | 3,807 |
| Virginia | 2,238 |
| South Carolina | 2,144 |
| Georgia | 1,865 |
| Alabama | 1,400 |
| Louisiana | 1,154 |
| Maryland | 1,045 |
| Mississippi | 669 |
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
- Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub 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
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales |
| Family | wax trees and shrubs · Myricaceae |
| Genus | Bayberries · Morella |
Study it in a deck
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
- Trees of Maryland
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise wax myrtle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.