Morella caroliniensis (P. Miller) Small. Pocosin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry. Phen: Apr; Aug-Oct. Hab: Pocosins, wet savannas and pine flatwoods, sandhill seepage bogs, and other peaty or sandy-peaty wetlands. Dist: Primarily limited to the Southeastern Coastal Plain, from NJ south to FL and west to TX and AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Morella caroliniensis and Morella pensylvanica are not conspecific.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K1, K3, K4, Va, Weakley & Poindexter (2023) in Weakley et al (2023); = Myrica caroliniensis Mill. – Fl2, WH3; = Myrica heterophylla Raf. – Ar, C, FNA3, RAB, Tat, Tx, W, Elias (1971b); < Cerothamnus carolinensis – S; < Morella caroliniensis (Mill.) Small – S13, Herbert (2005), Wilbur (1994); > Myrica heterophylla Raf. var. curtissii (Chevall.) Fernald – F; > Myrica heterophylla Raf. var. heterophylla – F; < Myrica pensylvanica Loisel. – G, Pa
Links to other floras: = Myrica heterophylla - FNA3
Wetland Indicator Status:
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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native range: southeastern United States