Synonym(s): Gale palustris, Myrica gale var. subarctica, Myrica gale var. subglabra, Myrica gale var. tomentosa
Image ID: 95624
Image by: Fleming, Gary P.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: MYGA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Myrica gale
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: MYRIC GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Myrica GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Sweetgale GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of two species, shrubs, of temperate and subarctic regions of North America and Eurasia. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Bornstein in FNA (1997); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: MYRICA FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Myricaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Blume 1829 FAMILY COMMON: Bayberry Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 3-5 genera and 55 species, trees and shrubs, nearly cosmopolitan. See Morella for discussion of our 3 genera. FAMILY REFERENCE: Bornstein in FNA (1997); Wilbur (1994)=Z; Elias (1971b)=Y; Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
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
This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Myrica gale
COMMON NAME: Sweet Gale
SYNONYMY: [= C, FNA, G, GW, K, Pa, S, W, Y; > Myrica gale var. gale - F; = Gale palustris Chevallier - RAB]
PHENOLOGY: Apr; Aug-Sep.
HABITAT: Peaty bogs.
COMMENTS: A circumboreal species, south in North America to NJ, PA, MI, MN, and OR, disjunct from PA and s. NJ to Henderson County, NC, where considered extirpated at one time, as a result of the destruction of the famous East Flat Rock Bog. This shrub has been relocated at a single site, where it is abundant in a small area (less than 0.25 hectare).
RANGE MAP: Myrica gale.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Myricaceae Blume 1829 (Bayberry Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 3-5 genera and 55 species, trees and shrubs, nearly cosmopolitan. See Morella for discussion of our 3 genera. REFERENCE: Bornstein in FNA (1997); Wilbur (1994)=Z; Elias (1971b)=Y; Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Myrica L. (Sweetgale) SUMMARY: A genus of two species, shrubs, of temperate and subarctic regions of North America and Eurasia. REFERENCE: Bornstein in FNA (1997); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Myrica gale in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Myrica gale in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
WEB RESOURCES
USDA: Find Myrica gale in USDA Plants NPIN: Find Myrica gale in NPIN Database FNA: Find Myrica gale in the Flora of North America (if available) Google: Search Google for Myrica gale
IMAGE USE RECORDS
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