Scentless bayberry

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Morella inodora

Scentless bayberry, a reference photo
Photo: Will McFarland · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Myrica inodora is a plant species native to the coastal plains on the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico, in the Florida Panhandle, the extreme southern parts of Alabama and Mississippi, eastern Louisiana and southwestern Georgia. Common names include scentless bayberry, odorless bayberry, odorless wax-myrtle, waxberry, candleberry, and waxtree. It grows in swamps, bogs, pond edges and stream banks.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Scentless bayberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Myricaceae
Genus
Morella
Species
Morella inodora

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