Myrica pensylvanica, the northern bayberry, is a species of Myrica native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Ohio (locally endangered), and south to North Carolina. It is also classified as Morella pensylvanica.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Northern 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.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Myricaceae
- Genus
- Morella
- Species
- Morella pensylvanica
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