Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myrica gale
FAMILY
Myricaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sweet-gale at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
At one time considered extirpated in NC, as a result of the destruction of the famous East Flat Rock Bog. It has since been relocated in the same county, at a single site, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myrica gale
FAMILY
Myricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-02-001:
Gale palustris FAMILY Myricaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sweet-gale
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myrica gale
FAMILY
Myricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myrica gale
FAMILY
Myricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 052-02-001:
Gale palustris
FAMILY
Myricaceae
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