Morella caroliniensis (P. Miller) Small. Common name: Pocosin Bayberry, Evergreen Bayberry. Phenology: Apr; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Pocosins, wet savannas and pine flatwoods, sandhill seepage bogs, and other peaty or sandy-peaty wetlands. Distribution: 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 (Weakley & Poindexter 2023).
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, Va, Weakley & Poindexter (2023) in Weakley et al (2023); = Myrica caroliniensis Mill. — Fl2, POWO, WH3; = Myrica heterophylla Raf. — Ar, C, FNA3, RAB, Tat, Tx, W, Elias (1971b); < Cerothamnus carolinensis (Mill.) Tidestr. — 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 Loiseleur — G, Pa. Basionym: Myrica caroliniensis Mill. 1768
Links to other floras: = Myrica heterophylla - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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