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Apalachicola National Forest Flora Field Guide
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FIELD GUIDE


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Dominant Flora of the Ground Cover
in Pine Forests of the Apalachicola National Forest
Genus/Species Clethra alnifolia Common Name Sweet Pepperbush
Family CLETHRACEAE Acronym SWPE
Description Large shrub with leave alternate, oblanceolate to nearly elliptic, moderately pointed, serrate, sometimes hairy. Lateral veins nearly parallel to each other; flowers terminal on spike, white, June-Sept.

 


Last Updated: October 3, 1997



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