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Lauraceae | |
Redbay (Persea borbonia) | |
Redbay (Persea borbonia) Dare Co., NC 11/3/2005 Redbay is the caterpillar host plant for Palamedes Swallowtail | |
Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006 Common in various habitats in the NC coastal plain. | |
Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006 Swamp Bay is always hairier than Red Bay. | |
Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006 | |
Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006 | |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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