*Camphora officinarum Boerhaave ex Fabricius. Common name: Camphortree. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, increasingly in natural forests. Distribution: Native of e. Asia. A serious invasive, especially southwards. Reported as escaped and apparently naturalized in South Carolina by Hill & Horn (1997). In NC, reported for Moore County.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, Yang et al (2022b); = Camphora camphora (L.) H.Karst. — S, S13, invalid name (tautonym); = Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl — Fl2, FNA3, K4, NS, Tx, WH3, Franck (2012); = Laurus camphora L., oldest name; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Camphora officinarum Boerh. ex Fabr. 1763
Links to other floras: = Cinnamomum camphora - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
- Great Plains: UPL (name change)
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