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Dirca palustris

Dirca palustris L.

eastern leatherwood, leatherbark, leatherwood, rope-bark, wicopee

Synonym(s): Dirca decipiens, Dirca mexicana
Dirca palustris (Eastern Leatherwood)
Image ID: 7251
Image by: Parkins, Grant Morrow
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: DIPA9
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dirca palustris
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: DIRCA
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Dirca
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Leatherwood
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 4 species, shrubs, of North America (including Mexico). Our species is most closely related to D. mexicana G.L. Nesom & Mayfield (of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, Mexico) and D. decipiens Floden (of e. MS, nw. AR, and sw. MO); the other species is D. occidentalis A. Gray of California (Schrader & Graves 2004; Floden, Mayfield, & Ferguson 2009).
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Floden & Nevling in FNA (2015); Nevling (1962)=Z; Floden, Mayfield, & Ferguson (2009)=Y.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: THYMEL
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Thymelaeaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Mezereum Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 45-53 genera and 500-800 species, mostly trees and shrubs, of cosmopolitan distribution, but especially diverse in Africa (Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase 2002). Dirca, Edgeworthia, and Thymelaea are all in subfamily Thymelaeoideae (Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase 2002).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Nevling & Barringer in FNA (2015); Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase (2002); Herber in Kubitzki & Bayer (2003).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Shrub

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LEAF RETENTION: Deciduous

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
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FRUITING PERIOD: Jun-Jul.

DISTRIBUTION
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NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
3099 1989-0056 View
3628 1991-0312 View
4753 1993-0025 View
6853 1998-0059 View
7329 2000-0066 2000-03-07 View
8489 2006-0005 2006-01-30 View
9519 2022-0026 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
5147 3099 187 Liloia 1986-09-01 View
5148 3099 189 Liloia 1986-09-01 View
5930 3628 9 NCBG staff 1991-11-14 View
7091 4753 8 NCBG staff 1967-12-31 View
7092 4753 75 NCBG staff 1967-12-31 View
9715 6853 157 NCBG staff 1997-11-07 View
10296 7329 158 NCBG staff 1967-12-31 View
11721 8489 65 NCBG staff 2006-01-27 View
13342 9519 65 Liloia 0000-00-00 View
13364 0 187 Liloia 0000-00-00 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: DIPA9
USDA Common Name: Eastern Leatherwood
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Shrub

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: FACU FAC FAC FAC FAC

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP IDS RANKROUNDED S RANKG RANKROUNDED G RANKSTATE STATUSFEDERAL STATUS
20391 S3 S3 G4 G4 W1

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dirca palustris
COMMON NAME: Leatherwood, Leatherbark, Wicopee, Rope-bark
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, K, Mo, Pa, RAB, S, Va, W, WH3, WV, Y, Z]
PHENOLOGY: Mar-Apr; Jun-Jul.
HABITAT: Very rich forests, on slopes or bottomlands, limited to calcareous or mafic rocks such as limestone, calcareous siltstone, calcareous shale, gabbro, or amphibolite, in marl ravine bottoms in the Coastal Plain of VA, in Ashe County NC ascending to 1500 meters elevation.
COMMENTS: Widespread in e. North America, from NS and s. QC, south to Panhandle FL, AL, and OK. The curiously flexible twigs and swollen nodes are distinctive. The common names refer to the extraordinary toughness of the tan-brown bark, which was used by native Americans for cordage.
RANGE MAP: Dirca palustris.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Thymelaeaceae A.L de Jussieu 1789 (Mezereum Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 45-53 genera and 500-800 species, mostly trees and shrubs, of cosmopolitan distribution, but especially diverse in Africa (Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase 2002). Dirca, Edgeworthia, and Thymelaea are all in subfamily Thymelaeoideae (Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase 2002).
REFERENCE: Nevling & Barringer in FNA (2015); Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase (2002); Herber in Kubitzki & Bayer (2003).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Dirca L. (Leatherwood)
SUMMARY: A genus of 4 species, shrubs, of North America (including Mexico). Our species is most closely related to D. mexicana G.L. Nesom & Mayfield (of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, Mexico) and D. decipiens Floden (of e. MS, nw. AR, and sw. MO); the other species is D. occidentalis A. Gray of California (Schrader & Graves 2004; Floden, Mayfield, & Ferguson 2009).
REFERENCE: Floden & Nevling in FNA (2015); Nevling (1962)=Z; Floden, Mayfield, & Ferguson (2009)=Y.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Dirca palustris in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Dirca palustris in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Dirca palustris in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Dirca palustris in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Dirca palustris in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Dirca palustris

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 7251 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 7251 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 7252 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 7251 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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