Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Morella caroliniensis
FAMILY
Myricaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pocossin Bayberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Morella caroliniensis and Morella pensylvanica are not conspecific, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella caroliniensis
FAMILY
Myricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Morella caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Myrica heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Myrica caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-003:
Myrica heterophylla FAMILY Myricaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myrica pensylvanica
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cerothamnus carolinensis
COMMON NAME:
Pocossin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry, Swamp Candleberry, Southern Bayberry
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_moca7_001_lvd
)
Alan S. Weakley asw_200365959392986
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Leaves elliptic to broadly oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, not revolute (or slightly so if sun-grown), per Weakley's Flora.
)
JK Marlow jkm110417_031
April Cleburne County AL
Mount Cheaha
Pistillate (female) catkins.
)
Patrick D. McMillan pdmmcarolinensis_fmnf1
May Berkeley-Charleston Counties SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Morella caroliniensis
FAMILY
Myricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morella caroliniensis
FAMILY
Myricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Morella caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Myrica heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Myrica caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-03-003:
Myrica heterophylla
FAMILY
Myricaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myrica pensylvanica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cerothamnus carolinensis
962
Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: pocosins, wet savannas and pine flatwoods, sandhill seepage bogs, and other peaty or sandy-peaty wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
More or less evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Sepals absent
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in catkins
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown coated with white wax
Drupe-like
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p077
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p503
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p054
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p247
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p231
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p218
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p214
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".