North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Lauraceae > Persea
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Dare Co., NC 11/3/2005 Common in the NC coastal plain. Note the dark blue fruit (drupe).
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Craven Co, NC 21 Oct 2007
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Dare Co., NC 11/3/2005 Redbay is the caterpillar host plant for Palamedes Swallowtail
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006 Recognition of Swamp Redbay (or Swampbay) as a separate species from Redbay (Persea borbonia) has gained widespread acceptance.
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006 P. palustris is always hairier than P. borbonia, from which it was split off by taxonomists several years ago.
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Curricutck Co., NC Co, NC 6 Nov 2009
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Curricutck Co., NC Co, NC 6 Nov 2009 Young bark
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Moore Co, NC 10 June 2006 Older bark
	Swampbay, Swamp Bay, Swamp Redbay (Persea palustris) Ocracooke Island, NC 2 Aug 2009

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.