Flora of North America species comparison

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Persea palustris

swamp bay, swamp red bay
Habit Trees, to 15(-20) m.
Branches

pubescent, hairs erect, crisped.
Leaf

blade ovate to elliptic, 8-14 × 2-5 cm;

surfaces abaxially pale, glaucous, densely pubescent when young with rusty brown, erect, crisped hairs, glabrescent with age, adaxially green, lustrous.
Inflorescences

peduncle longer than subtending leaf petiole, pubescent.
Drupe

ca. 8 mm wide.
2n

= 24.

Persea palustris
Phenology Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat Primarily in wetlands but not restricted to them, swamps, marshes, low pinewoods, savannas, maritime forests (sometimes mixed with P. borbonia)
Elevation Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, less common in the Piedmont; 0-185 m (Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, less common in the Piedmont; 0-600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; DE; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; West Indies (Bahamas)
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Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Lauraceae > Persea
Sibling taxa
P. borbonia, P. humilis
Synonyms Tamala palustris, P. borbonia var. pubescens, P. pubescens, Tamala pubescens
Name authority (Rafinesque) Sargent: Bot. Gaz. 67: 229. (1919)
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