Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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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...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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image of Persea borbonia, image of Persea palustris
JK Marlow      jkm0303d_23a


March
Beaufort County SC
Hunting Island State Park

 

image of Persea borbonia, image of Persea palustris
JK Marlow      jkm090717_054


July
Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony

 

image of Persea borbonia, image of Persea palustris
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July
Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony

 

image of Persea borbonia, image of Persea palustris
JK Marlow      jkm090717_142


July
Georgetown County SC
Hobcaw Barony

 

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