NameThatPlant.net: Nyssa biflora

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nyssa biflora FAMILY Nyssaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa biflora FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 141-01-001b:

Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora FAMILY Nyssaceae

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum, Swamp Gum, Water Gum

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nyssa biflora FAMILY Nyssaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa biflora FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 141-01-001b:
Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora FAMILY Nyssaceae

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Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious

Habitat: blackwater river swamps, depressions in pinelands, pocosins, either where inundated for substantial periods of time or in more-or-less permanently saturated organic peaty soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe

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