OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 1 taxon in the family Symplocaceae, Sweetleaf family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Horsesugar, Sweetleaf, Dyebush

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Symplocos tinctoria   FAMILY: Symplocaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Symplocos tinctoria   FAMILY: Symplocaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Symplocos tinctoria 151-01-001   FAMILY: Symplocaceae

 

Habitat: Moist bottomland forests, pocosin edges, mesic forests, ridgetop pine and oak/pine forests, pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills

Common (uncommon in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"The following chronological synopsis of flora accounts of Microstegium is instructive: not treated by Small (1933), 'local' (Fernald 1950), 'rarely introduced and possibly not established' (Gleason & Cronquist 1952), 'sporadically naturalized' (Godfrey & Wooten 1979), 'a rapidly spreading pernicious invader on moist ground, too common' (Wofford 1989)... This species has become a very serious pest, now ranking as one of the most destructive introduced plants in our area, forming extensive and dense patches, sprawling over and eliminating nearly all other herbaceous plants. Eradication is very difficult, and considering its obvious colonizing abilities, only temporary." — Alan S. Weakley in Flora of the Southeastern US (2023)