Myricaceae

Bayberry Family

By: George Rogers

A small yet widespread family of three genera and some 60 species (LON). Leaves simple, alternate, resinous. Flowers in small dense spikes. Sex of a plant or branch may vary from year to year (LON). Flowers minute, unisexual-monoecious or dioecious. Fruit a warty, waxy drupe (LON). Plants with nitrogen-fixing nodules. Five species of Myrica are native to the U.S., three of them to Florida, and one in South Florida (TOM).

Plants listed in the manual include:

Myrica cerifera