Nyssa ogeche

White Tupelo

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderCornales
5. FamilyNyssaceae

Native toAlabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

Observations656

Ogeechee tupelo occurs as a minor component in the forest cover types Baldcypress-Tupelo (Society of American Foresters Type 102) and Water Tupelo-Swamp Tupelo (Type 103) (1). Associated tree species include tupelo (Nyssa spp.), ash (Fraxinus spp.), oak Quercus spp.), hickory (Carya spp.), elm (Ulmus spp.), baldcypress (Taxodium spp.), pine (Pinus spp.), red maple (Acer rubrum), black willow (Salix nigra), swamp cottonwood (Populus heterophylla), water-elm (Planera aquatica), waterlocust (Gleditsia aquatica), leucothoe (Leucothoe spp.), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), redbay (Persea borbonia), and Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides). Other associates may include hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), buttonbush (Cephalanthus spp.), holly (Ilex spp.), lyonia (Lyonia spp.), clethra (Clethra spp.), swamp-privet (Forestiera acuminata), swamp dogwood (Cornus stricta), swamp cyrilla (Cyrilla racemiflora), poison-sumac (Toxicodendron vernix), southern bayberry (Myrica cerifera), and swamp rose (Rosa palustris). Woody vines associated with the forest type include greenbrier (Smilax spp.), southeast decumaria (Decumaria bar

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Specimen records

1,055

With media

966

Family

Cornaceae

Collections

RSA, CHSC, TENN, LOB, CM, UTEP

Recorded in

United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Nyssa

Image

Ogeche Trees.jpg

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