Tamala palustris Rafinesque. Swamp Bay. Phen: May-Jun; Sep-Oct. Hab: Swamps, pocosins, bay forests, maritime forests, generally in wet peaty soils, but also in fairly dry, sandy soils in maritime forests. Dist: DE, e. MD, and se. VA south to s. FL and west to se. TX; Bahamas.

ID notes:Though variable in amount of hairs on the leaves, the hairs of T. palustris are always of a distinctly different character than those of T. borbonia (see key).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Weakley (2023a) in Weakley et al (2023); = Persea borbonia – Tat; = Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. var. pubescens (Pursh) Little; = Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg. – C, Fl2, FNA3, G, GW2, K1, K3, K4, Va, WH3, Godfrey (1988), Shearman, Wang, & Mayfield (2022); = Tamala pubescens (Pursh) Small – S, S13; < Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. – Bah, F, RAB, Tx

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
• Great Plains: FACW (name change)

Heliophily: 3