Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Thymelaeaceae | Dirca | Leatherwood, Leatherbark | ![]() | ||
Thymelaeaceae | Dirca decipiens | Ozark Leatherwood | Calcareous bluffs, steep, dry to mesic forests and woodlands. | MO and e. KS south to nw. AR. | |
Thymelaeaceae | Dirca palustris | Leatherwood, Leatherbark, Wicopee, Rope-bark, Moosewood | Very rich forests, on slopes or bottomlands, limited to calcareous or mafic rocks such as limestone, calcareous siltstone, calcareous shale, gabbro, or amphibolite, in marl ravine bottoms in the Coastal Plain of VA, in Ashe County NC ascending to 1500 meters elevation. | NS and s. QC, south to Panhandle FL, AL, and OK. | ![]() |
Thymelaeaceae | Edgeworthia | Paperbush | ![]() | ||
Thymelaeaceae | Edgeworthia papyrifera | Paperbush, Mitsumata | Cove forests, rarely planted and rarely persistent or naturalized. | Native of e. Asia. Extensively naturalized along Wolf Creek and Cliff Creek in Rabun County, GA, where it apparently spread from plantings ca. 1890 (Duncan & Mellinger 1972; T. Govus, pers. comm., 2020). | ![]() |
Thymelaeaceae | Thymelaea | Mezereon | ![]() | ||
Thymelaeaceae | Thymelaea passerina | Mezereon, Spurge Flax | Disturbed barrens, other disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() |
Thymelaeaceae | Thymelaeaceae | Mezereum Family | ![]() |