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1 Leaves oblong or linear-lanceolate, pinnatifid, stipulate; fruit in a bristly involucre formed by 8 bractlets | |
1 Leaves mostly obovate or oblanceolate, entire or toothed (especially apically), estipulate; fruit either exposed and densely waxy (Morella), or partially enclosed in 2 wing-like bractlets (Myrica). | |
2 Fruit flattened, not waxy, partially enclosed in 2 wing-like bractlets; terminal buds lacking; aments inserted at the summit of the branchlets of the preceding year; [rare, either in NC and VA and restricted to Mountain wetlands, or in PA and NJ and northwards] |