NameThatPlant.net: Nyssa ogeche

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Nyssa ogeche FAMILY Nyssaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa ogeche FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 141-01-003:
Nyssa ogeche FAMILY Nyssaceae

COMMON NAME:
Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Plum

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image of Nyssa ogeche, Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Plum

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_nyssa_ogeche_3

July

Fruit an oblong drupe, 1-1.5" long, pendulous on stalks 0.5" long or less, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_nyssa_ogeche_7

July

Leaves similar to N. aquatica; tips rounded to blunt; petioles less than 1", per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Nyssa ogeche FAMILY Nyssaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa ogeche FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 141-01-003:
Nyssa ogeche FAMILY Nyssaceae

976

Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Common (rare in SC), endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Look for it in river swamps and wet forests with peaty soils, also in upland depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

...Wet

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
5 sepals
5-10 petals or petals absent

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

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