Difference between revisions of "Nyssa aquatica"

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 1058. 1753.

Common names: Water tupelo cotton gum
Endemic
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Revision as of 19:56, 16 December 2019

Trees, (6–)10–30 m, base buttressed, proximal limbs spreading to slightly drooping, crown irregular; bark irregularly fissured; twigs puberulent; pith white. Leaves: petiole 30–60 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, 8–11(–18) × (2.5–)3.5–5.5(–7.3) cm, herbaceous, base cuneate to rounded, margins entire proximally and usually coarsely dentate distally, apex usually acute, rarely acuminate, often mucronulate, abaxial surface glabrous or puberulent especially along veins, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hairy. Inflorescences: peduncle 1–1.5 cm (elongating to 3 cm in fruit), glabrous; staminate (1–)2–5-flowered, pistillate and bisexual 1–2-flowered. Staminate pedicels absent. Flowers: ovary densely hairy. Drupes black to blue or reddish purple, glaucous, oblong, 24–27 mm, punctate; stone 15–20 mm, roughened, often longitudinally ridged.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Swamps, floodplain forests, moist woods.
Elevation: 0–100 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.