North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Lauraceae

Redbay (Persea borbonia)

Redbay (Persea borbonia)
Dare Co., NC
11/3/2005

Common in the NC coastal plain. Host plant for Palamedes Swallowtail. Note the dark blue fruit (drupe).
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) Swamp Bay (Persea palustris)
Moore Co, NC
10 June 2006

Common in various habitats in the NC coastal plain.

Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) Swamp Bay (Persea palustris)
Moore Co, NC
10 June 2006

Swamp Bay is always hairier than Red Bay.

Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) Swamp Bay (Persea palustris)
Moore Co, NC
10 June 2006

Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) 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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