NameThatPlant.net: Planera aquatica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Planera aquatica FAMILY Ulmaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Water-elm at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Planera aquatica FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-02-001:

Planera aquatica FAMILY Ulmaceae

COMMON NAME:
Planer-tree, Water-elm

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Planera aquatica FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Planera aquatica FAMILY Ulmaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 056-02-001:
Planera aquatica FAMILY Ulmaceae

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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: River swamps where flooded (often to depths of 1-2 m) in the winter, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins serrate to doubly serrate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
4-5 lobed calyx
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Nutlet

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