Nyssa aquatica Linnaeus. Common name: Water Tupelo, Tupelo Gum, Cotton Gum. Phenology: Apr-May; Sep-Oct. Habitat: River swamps, less typically in isolated upland ponds, where inundated for substantial periods of time. Distribution: Se. VA south to Panhandle FL, west to se. TX, north in the Mississippi Embayment to se. MO, s. IL, and e. KY, primarily on the Coastal Plain, but with scattered locations in other physiographic provinces, such as in sc. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl5, FNA12, GW2, Il, K4, Mo2, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Burckhalter (1992), Eyde (1966), Ward (2008b), Wen & Stuessy (1993); = Nyssa uniflora Wangenh. — G. Basionym: Nyssa aquatica L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Nyssa aquatica - FNA12
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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