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FIELD GUIDE
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| Index |
Overview |
Dominant Flora of the Ground Cover
in Pine Forests of the Apalachicola National Forest
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| Genus/Species |
Persea palustris |
Common Name |
Swamp Bay |
| Family |
LAURACEAE |
Acronym |
SPBA |
| Description |
Shrub or tree with leaves alternate, twigs
and leaves beneath densely covered with
brown hairs, leaves lance-oblong to
lance-elliptic, 5-20 cm long, evergreen,
fragrant when crushed; flowers May, stalk
bearing inflorescence 5 cm; fruit (drupe)
fleshy with inner wall hardened into a pit.
Not distinguished here from P. borbonia
(Red Bay). |
Last Updated: May 8, 1998
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