Characteristics
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume
spicebush
Floodplain forests, swamps, shrub swamps, wet woods, mesic forests, seeps in forests, and fens. Occurs in mesic to wet soils often but not always in at least partial shade. In some forest understories it can be the dominant species in the shrub layer.
Shrub
Perennial
Vascular
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Native
FAC (NWPL EMP)
FACW (NWPL NCNE)
S5 (State Rank)
Mitchell and Beal 1979, Wofford 1997
Citation
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume
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Species Distribution Map
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Plant Photos
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 24 Mar 2003
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 18 Apr 2002
- Andrew Nelson
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 23 Jun 1995
- Andrew Nelson
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Photo by: Selma Rosenthal. Photo taken: Onondaga Co., NY: 28 Apr 2015
- Selma Rosenthal
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Photo by: Sara R. Stebbins - Environmental Design & Research, Landscape Architecture, Engineering & Environmental Services, D.P.C. (EDR). Photo taken: Jefferson Co., NY: 2 May 2007
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Ulster, NY: 9 May 2018
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