Populus SALICACEAE— MYRICACEAE Myrica 



P. grandidentata Mx. Large-toothed Aspen. 



Frequent in woods, thickets and low ground of the Piedmont, 

 and southward on the Coastal Plain to Sussex and Talbot Counties. 

 Early April. 



P. heterophylla L. Swamp Poplar. 



Frequent in low woods and on margins of ponds on the Coastal 

 Plain, from lower New Castle County southward to the Virginia 

 line. April, May. 



P. balsamifera L. Balsam Poplar. 



Rare; on stream banks in northern New Castle County: 

 Stanton, bank of Red Clay Creek, Commons in 1863 (A); along 

 Shellpot Creek, Wilmington, Commons in 1879 (A). 



I' P. deltoides Marsh. {P. monilif era Ait.) Cottonwood. 



Rare, on banks of streams: Wilmington, Commons in 1896 (A); 

 shore of Delaware River near Holly Oak (NC), Commons in 1896 

 (A); Claiborne (Ta), Tidestrom, 5797, 21 May 1912 (U). 



MYRICACEAE (Bayberry Family) 



Myrica L. 

 f ' M. cerifera L. Wax Myrtle. 



Common in sandy soil, Sussex and Talbot Counties and south- 

 ward. May. 



M. heterophylla Raf. {M. carolinensis Mill, in part. See Fernald: 

 ^ Rhodora 40, 409-410. 1938.) Bayberry. 



Sandy thickets, river banks and swamps; rather frequent from 

 the Fall Line southward to Sussex and Talbot Counties, chiefly 

 inland. May. 



|ri , M. pensylvanica Loisel. {M. carolinensis Mill, in part. See 

 Fernald: Rhodora 37, 423. 1934.) 

 Frequent throughout the Coastal Plain, on beaches and dunes, 

 and in fresh and salt marshes. Chiefly maritime, but also occurring 

 inland. May. 



M. pusilla Raf. 



Rare, in dry thickets: thicket bordering west side of white cedar 

 swamp ii mi. w. of Concord (S), R. R. Tatnall, 3570, 2 Oct. 1937, 

 and 3681, 7 May 1938 (T, P, G). 



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