Taxon: Nyssa biflora Walter

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Common names:

• swamp black-gum   (Source: W. J. Hess, p.c.) – English
  
• swamp tupelo   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - New Jersey
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Missouri [s.e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland [e.], Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia [e.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Burckhalter, R. E. 1992. The genus Nyssa (Cornaceae) in North America: a revision. Sida 15:333.
• Hess, W. J. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). [= N. sylvatica var. biflora (Walter) Sarg.].
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. [= N. sylvatica var. biflora (Walter) Sarg.].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Nyssa biflora.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Nyssa biflora.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Nyssa biflora.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora (Walter) Sarg.
  

Check other web resources for Nyssa biflora Walter:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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