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Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michaux ssp. lanuginosum. Common name: Eastern Gum Bumelia, Eastern Gum Bully, Gum-elasticChittamwoodFalse Buckthorn,Gum Bully Gum, Bumelia Gum, Woollybucket, Shittamwood, Wooly Buckthorn. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Dry upland forests and woodlands, glades, bluffs, prairies and saline barrens, roadsides, pastures, rises in bottomland forests. Distribution: IL, MO, and KS south to MS and e. and nc. TX, extending eastwards to e. SC.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Corogin (2015); = Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. ssp. typica Cronquist — Cronquist (1949); = n/a — RAB; < Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. — F, S, S13; > Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. ssp. lanuginosa — K4, Godfrey (1988); < Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. ssp. typica Cronquist — Cronquist (1945a); > Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. var. lanuginosa — C, F, G; >< Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. var. lanuginosa — Clark (1942); > Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. var. oblongifolia (Nutt.) R.B.Clark — Il; > Bumelia rufa Raf. — Clark (1942); < Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. — Ar, Fl5, WH3, Pennington (1991); > Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. ssp. albicans (Sarg.) Kartesz & Gandhi; >< Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. ssp. albicans (Sarg.) Kartesz & Gandhi; < Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. ssp. oblongifolium (Nutt.) T.D.Penn. — Govaerts, Frodin, & Pennington (2001); >< Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. ssp. oblongifolium (Nutt.) T.D.Penn. — FNA8, Mo3, NcTx. Basionym: Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: >< Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. oblongifolium - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
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