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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa ursina   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Nyssa ursina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys to the flora of Florida, Nyssa (Nyssaceae) (Ward, 2008)

Nyssa biflora var. ursina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Phylogeny and biogeography of Nyssa (Cornaceae) (Wen & Stuessy, 1993)

Nyssa sylvatica var. ursina

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nyssa ursina

 

COMMON NAME:
Bear Tupelo, Apalachicola Tupelo


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image of Nyssa ursina, Bear Tupelo, Apalachicola Tupelo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnursina_ths

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Leaves with thin texture, rather stiff, typically widest beyond the middle, 3-6cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Nyssa ursina, Bear Tupelo, Apalachicola Tupelo

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnursina_thss2

June        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nyssa ursina   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nyssa ursina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys to the flora of Florida, Nyssa (Nyssaceae) (Ward, 2008)
Nyssa biflora var. ursina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Phylogeny and biogeography of Nyssa (Cornaceae) (Wen & Stuessy, 1993)
Nyssa sylvatica var. ursina

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nyssa ursina

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2686

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamo-dioecious

Habitat: Stringers, flatwoods depressions, per Weakley's Flora

Native: Florida

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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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