PLANTS Profile for Persea palustris (swamp bay)

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Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.
swamp bay

Symbol:

PEPA37

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lauraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.

Persea pubescens

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 134. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.

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Synonyms:
Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.

	PEBOP	Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. var. pubescens (Pursh) Little
	PEPU19	Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg.
	TAPU4	Tamala pubescens (Pursh) Small

Distribution:
Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.


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USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 8 species in Persea

Classification:
Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Persea Mill. – bay
Species	Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg. – swamp bay

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arkansas:
red bay		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504254.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 05:01 AM MDT