FNPS Plant Database
Morella caroliniensis
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Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Myrtaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
The wood is somewhat brittle, but it will grow back if cut to the ground.
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Organic
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B
USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.

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Ecology
Wildlife:
It is a host plant for the Red-banded Hairstreak butterfly ( NC State Extension Service )
Fuits are eaten by birds, especially yellow-rumped warblers (which are very efficient at digesting the waxy fruits), in the fall and winter ( NC State Extension Service )
Native Habitats:
Natural Range in Florida:
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Comments:
Ethnobotany:
Leaves can be used as a substitute for bay leaf for cooking soups and stews.
General Comments:
Foliage fragrant when crushed.
Bayberry is an actinorhizal plant: its roots feature nitrogen fixing nodules formed in symbiosis with the nitrogen fixing actinobacteria Frankia. Thus it is tolerant of nitrogen-poor, acidic soils such as wetlands and dunes.(Widipedia).
The range is disjunct within Florida.
