Planera aquatica |
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planer tree, water-elm |
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Leaves | blade 3-8 × (2-)2.5(-4) cm. |
Flowers | if bisexual, ovary stalked, 1-locular, ovoid, tubercular; styles 2, reflexed. |
Fruits | stalked, compressed, ca. 8 mm, leathery, hirtellous, covered with irregular warty excrescences. |
Seeds | ovoid. |
Planera aquatica |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–May). |
Habitat | Swamps, streams, lakes, alluvial flood plains, often forming large stands |
Elevation | 0-200 m (0-700 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; OK; SC; TN; TX
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Discussion | Planera aquatica is endemic to southeastern United States. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ulmaceae > Planera |
Name authority | J. F. Gmelin: Syst. Nat. 2: 150. (1791) |
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