Morella inodora

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Family:MYRICACEAE
Species:Morella inodora (W. Bartram) Small
Common Name:Odorless Bayberry; Odorless Wax Myrtle
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Odorless Bayberry is a native evergreen shrub in the Bayberry family (Myricaceae). It can be found in the southernmost counties of Alabama. Odorless Bayberry occurs in bogs, in low pine savannas, and in bayheads. It is an evergreen shrub up to 23 feet in height, though it is usually much shorter. The young branches are green or reddish in color and dotted with whitish glands. The bark on the trunk and older branches is smoothish and gray-brown in color. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, obovate to elliptic in outline, with entire or few-toothed margins. The leaves are slightly revolute, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, and gland-dotted on both surfaces. They lack an odor when crushed. Odorless Bayberry is dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers are produced in erect catkins in the early spring. The flowers are produced from leaf axils on wood of the previous season’s growth. Female flowers are produced on short side branches. The fruit is a globose, warty drupe that is black or dark gray in color with a thin coating of whitish wax. The fruit are consumed by birds.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyMYRICACEAE - Bayberry family
Genus Morella
Species Morella inodora (W. Bartram) Small - Odorless Bayberry; Odorless Wax Myrtle

Citation

Citation Morella inodora (W. Bartram) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 337–338. 1903.
Basionym: Myrica inodora W. Bartram 1791.
Type: USA: ALABAMA: Baldwin Co.: Tensaw ("Taensa") River, Aug 1778, Bartram s.n. (holotype: BM?)

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cerothamnus inodorus    
Myrica inodora    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Mobile, Monroe, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1894 - 1992

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_58468 Escambia 19 May 1999 Searcy, Darryl
 AUA
Morella Inodora (Bartr.) Small
UNA00056325 Geneva 28 Nov 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12459		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
UWAL0017815 Washington 08 Jun 1996 Kral, Robert
85996		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
UWAL0037798 Escambia 12 Jul 1995 Sorrie, Bruce A.
8464		 UWAL
Morella inodora (W. Bartram) Small
UWAL0005228 Baldwin 27 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12385		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
UWAL0018388 Baldwin 29 Mar 1986 Kral, Robert
73208		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
UWAL0005229 Escambia 16 Apr 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
3712		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
TROY000021625 Escambia 19 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96874		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
AUA_ACC_21579 Escambia 11 Mar 1946 Henry, Mary G.
4284		 AUA
Morella Inodora (Bartr.) Small
TROY000007220 Washington 05 May 2002 Kral, Robert
92543		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
TROY000007218 Coffee 27 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
138		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
USAM000008688 Washington 03 Sep 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
6819		 USAM
Myrica inodora Bartram
UWAL0018946 Geneva 30 Mar 1996 Kral, Robert
85721		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
UWAL0005230 Escambia 19 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96874		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
UWAL0014161 Conecuh 28 Jul 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24396		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
TROY000021485 Baldwin 27 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12385		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
UWAL0044503 Baldwin 28 Feb 2006 Larsen, Harry S.
1483		 UWAL
Morella inodora (W. Bartram) Small
TROY000007219 Geneva 28 Nov 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12459		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
AUA_ACC_69304 Escambia 16 Apr 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
3712		 AUA
Morella Inodora (Bartr.) Small
TROY000038373 Conecuh 28 Jul 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24396		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
TROY000029368 Coffee 29 Sep 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20975		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
UNA00032057 Mobile _ Apr _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
UNA00032062 Mobile 05 Jul 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
TROY000039304 Conecuh 15 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25206		 TROY
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
UWAL0044501 Baldwin 15 May 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
579		 UWAL
Morella inodora (W. Bartram) Small
USAM000008689 Mobile 12 Mar 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4176.2		 USAM
Myrica inodora Bartram
UNA00045883 Escambia 27 Jun 1993 Anderson, Loran C.
14407		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
UWAL0049980 Geneva 31 Jul 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29029		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
UNA00032072 Baldwin 08 Oct 1894 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
TROY000039686 Conecuh 15 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25206		 TROY
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
UWAL0030355 Escambia 28 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87796		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
AUA_ACC_26086 Geneva 24 Mar 1969 Kral, Robert
33952		 AUA
Morella Inodora (Bartr.) Small
UNA00021492 Baldwin 18 Jun 1992 Haynes, Robert R.
9404		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
UWAL0031102 Escambia 20 Mar 1992 Kral, Robert
80085		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
JSU134096 Mobile 27 Oct 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4612		 JSU
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
AUA_ACC_37080 Monroe 11 May 1981 O'Halloran, K.
131		 AUA
Morella Inodora (Bartr.) Small
TROY000021486 Coffee 29 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19860		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
AUA_ACC_45553 Escambia 4 Apr 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3102		 AUA
Morella Inodora (Bartr.) Small
TROY000030014 Escambia 16 Apr 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
3712		 TROY
Myrica inodora Bartram
UNA00032052 Mobile _ Mar _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
TROY000049006 Geneva 31 Jul 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29029		 TROY
Morella inodora (Bartram) Small
UWAL0030530 Covington 25 Aug 1991 Kral, Robert
79685		 UWAL
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
UNA00032077 Mobile 08 Dec 1895 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
USAM000008687 Mobile 28 Jun 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3319		 USAM
Myrica inodora Bartram
UNA00027125 Mobile 26 Mar 1988 Haynes, Robert R.
9286		 UNA
Myrica inodora Bartr.
ALNHS00003675 Baldwin 26 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2083		 ALNHS
Morella inodora (Bartr.) Small
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