Comptonia peregrina (Linnaeus) J.M. Coulter. Common name: Sweet-fern. Phenology: Apr-May; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Dry open woods and barrens, in the mountains on xeric ridges at low to medium elevations, usually in fire-maintained habitats, also in xeric and fire-maintained habitats on monadnocks in the upper Piedmont and in dry, sandy sites in the lower Piedmont and fall-line sandhills. Distribution: NB, ON and MN, south to sc. and w. NC, w. SC, ne. GA, nc. TN, and IL.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA3, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, WV, Herbert (2005); Liquidambar peregrina L.; > Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coult. var. asplenifolia (L.) Fernald — F, Tat, Elias (1971b); > Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M.Coult. var. peregrina — F, Elias (1971b); > Myrica asplenifolia L. var. asplenifolia — G; > Myrica asplenifolia L. var. tomentosa (Chevall.) Gleason — G. Basionym: Liquidambar peregrina L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Comptonia peregrina - FNA3

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Heliophily ⓘ: 8