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2313
Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Lauraceae
Persea palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Lauraceae
Persea palustris
LESS THAN
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Lauraceae
084-01-001?
Persea borbonia
Common Name:
Swamp Bay
Shrub
Tree
Perennial
Evergreen
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in swamps, pocosins, bay forests, maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora
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map, click
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...Wet
Leaves:
Simple
Alternate
Flower:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
Perianth undifferentiated
9-12 stamens (inner 3 sterile)
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Black
Drupe
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
Trees of the Southeastern US p213
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March
Beaufort County
SC
Hunting Island State Park
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July
Georgetown County
SC
Hobcaw Barony
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July
Georgetown County
SC
Hobcaw Barony
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Georgetown County
SC
Hobcaw Barony
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