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Styrax americanus

American snowbell
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

American snowbell

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Styrax americanus

Familia:

Styracaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

6-10 (12) ft tall by 6-10 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Deciduous. Blooms in spring. Life span likely >50 yrs (Nelson 2003).

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Understory tree. Specimen plant in moist areas.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Seed (stratified), layering, softwood cuttings.

Luz:

Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Birds, Mammals

Attracts pollinators.





Attracts butterflies.





Host plant for promethea moth ( Callosamia promethea ).

Birds and other animals eat the fruit. 

Hábitats nativos:

Understory of floodplain and wet forests, swamps, shoreline thickets, cypress-gum depressions. Most frequently where annually inundated or where water stands at or above the soil surface for extended periods.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Prolific bloomer: very showy. Fragrant.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

General: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=stam4



https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287280&isprofile=1&gen=Styrax



Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell.  1999.  Native Florida Plants.  Gulf Publishing Company.  Houston, TX.



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



University of Tennessee Extension Service.  Desired Ph Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants.    https://extension.tennessee.edu/mtnpi/Documents/handouts/Fertility/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf   accessed 2021.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu /).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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