27 results for family: Lauraceae. More search options
FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
LauraceaeCamphoraCamphorimage of plant
LauraceaeCamphora officinarumCamphortreeDisturbed areas, suburban woodlands, increasingly in natural forests.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.image of plant
LauraceaeCassythaLove-vineimage of plant
LauraceaeCassytha filiformisLove-vineHammocks, pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, coastal strands, disturbed areas.C. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies; s. TX, se. Mexico (CAM, CHP, ROO, VER, YUC), Central America, and South America; tropical Asia, Africa, and Pacific islands.image of plant
LauraceaeCinnamomumCinnamonimage of plant
LauraceaeCinnamomum burmanniiCinnamonDisturbed hydric hammock edge.Native of Indonesia.image of plant
LauraceaeCinnamomum inersCinnamonDisturbed hammocks.Native of s. Asia.image of plant
LauraceaeDamburneyaimage of plant
LauraceaeDamburneya coriaceaLancewoodHammocks, shell mounds, coastal berms.S. and c. peninsular FL (Volusia County on the east side of the peninsula, and Collier County on the west side); widespread in the West Indies; e. and se. Mexico (especially Yucatán); Central America (Caribbean coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras).image of plant
LauraceaeLauraceaeLaurel Familyimage of plant
LauraceaeLicariaSweetwoodimage of plant
LauraceaeLicaria triandraGulf Triandra, Pepperleaf SweetwoodRockland hammocks.S. peninsular FL; West Indies; Central and South America. Almost extirpated in our region; one of the rarest trees in s. Florida (K. Bradley, pers.comm., 2020).image of plant
LauraceaeLinderaSpicebush, Benzoinimage of plant
LauraceaeLindera angustifoliaNarrowleaf Spicebush, Oriental Spicebush, Graybush SpicebushMoist suburban woodlands and forests, naturalizing from horticultural plantings.Native of montane China and Korea.
LauraceaeLindera benzoinNorthern Spicebush, Benzoin, Benjamin-bushRich alluvial forests, mesic forests on slopes with circumneutral soils, bottomlands, swamps.ME, s. ON, and MI, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX; disjunct in Edwards Plateau of c. TX.image of plant
LauraceaeLindera melissifoliaSouthern Spicebush, PondberryPondcypress savannas, wet flats and depressions, in NC, SC, GA, FL, and AL generally with pocosin shrubs.This species is southern in range, with a very scattered distribution in se. and c. NC, e. SC, e. & sw. GA, nw. FL, sw. AL (?), nw. MS, se. MO-AR, and se. AR-LA (recent collections unknown from FL and LA). It is nearly extirpated in NC, currently known only from three populations, in Sampson, Bladen, and Cumberland counties. A historic record from Orange County, NC (in the lower Piedmont), collected by Elisha Mitchell in 1820 and 1822, appears to be bonafide (McVaugh, McVaugh, & Ayers 1996).image of plant
LauraceaeLindera subcoriaceaBog SpicebushPeaty seepage bogs in headwaters of blackwater streams, in the sandhills and immediately adjacent Piedmont, with other pocosin shrubs, streamhead pocosins.The overall range of this species is still poorly known; it appears to be a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, ranging from se. VA (perhaps s. NJ) south to FL and west to e. LA. Occurring in the Carolinas primarily in a scattering of small populations in the fall line Sandhills of NC and SC, with an outlier or two in "Piedmont pocosins" just west of the Sandhills. Reports in some areas (as VA) have been doubted as being authentic L. subcoriacea.image of plant
LauraceaeLitseaPondspiceimage of plant
LauraceaeLitsea aestivalisPondspiceMargins of limesink ponds and Carolina bays, less commonly in wet depressions and wet stringers dominated by shrubs.A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: e. MD (Wicomico County) and se. VA (York and Isle of Wight counties) south to n. FL (and allegedly also in LA, based on an old and poorly labeled specimen).image of plant
LauraceaePerseaAvocadoimage of plant
LauraceaePersea americanaAvocado, Alligator-pearSuburban woodlands, hammocks.Native of s. Mexico.image of plant
LauraceaeSassafrasSassafrasimage of plant
LauraceaeSassafras albidumSassafras, Ague-tree, SassafraxA wide variety of forests, old fields, disturbed areas, fencerows.S. ME, s. ON, MI, and s. WI, south to c. peninsular FL, s. AL, s. MS, and se. TX.image of plant
LauraceaeTamalaBay, Red-bayimage of plant
LauraceaeTamala borboniaRed Bay, Tisswood, Smooth Red BayHammocks, dunes, maritime forests, in dry sandy soils on barrier islands.E. NC (Carteret County) south to s. FL and west to s. TX; reports of the species north of NC are based on the inclusion of T. palustris in a broadly defined T. borbonia, or are simply in error, based on less hairy plants of T. palustris. This species is uncommon to rare north of FL and becoming rarer with the destruction of most maritime and near coastal upland forests for the construction of vacation homes and tourist accommodations.image of plant
LauraceaeTamala humilisSilk BayFlorida scrub.N. FL peninsula (Levy, Alachua, Putnam, and Flagler counties) south to s. FL.image of plant
LauraceaeTamala palustrisSwamp BaySwamps, pocosins, bay forests, maritime forests, generally in wet peaty soils, but also in fairly dry, sandy soils in maritime forests.DE, e. MD, and se. VA south to s. FL and west to se. TX; Bahamas.image of plant