Morella cerifera (Wax myrtle)

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Morella cerifera (L.) Small

Wax myrtle, southern bayberry, southern wax myrtle, candleberry, bayberry tree, tallow shrub, bayberry

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Cerothamnus ceriferus (L.) Small
Cerothamnus pumilus (Michx.) Small
Morella cerifera (L.) Small var. pumila (Michx.) Kartesz， ined.
Myrica cerifera L.
Myrica cerifera L. var. pumila Michx.
Myrica pusilla Raf.

4/11/2015 · Kirby Storter Park Boardwalk, Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm)

5/23/2021 · Widgeon Cove, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 9″ (15 × 22 cm)

5/24/2026 · Mid-Lothian Mines Park, Midlothian, Virginia · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

7/3/2012 · By Jacquelyn Boyt

5/23/2021 · Widgeon Cove, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)

4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida · ≈ 7 × 5″ (17 × 12 cm)

4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida · ≈ 2 × 1′ (59 × 39 cm)

4/15/2015 · Kirby S. Storter Park, Florida · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (15 × 11 cm)

5/24/2026 · Mid-Lothian Mines Park, Midlothian, Virginia · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 15 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Fagales	Birch, she-oak, beech, walnut, bayberry, others
Family	Myricaceae	Bayberry (sweet gale) family
Genus	Morella	May derive from Morus, “mulberry”
Species	cerifera	Wax-bearing

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Morella cerifera description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.