Myrica cerifera

Native to Florida

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Myrica cerifera is commonly found in hammocks, swamps, cypress domes, flatwoods, upland mixed forests, and fresh to slightly brackish marshes throughout Florida. Southern bayberry blooms from spring to fall (Wunderlin, 2003).

View the herbarium specimen image of the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.

For brief control information, see Weed Control in Florida Ponds by D.D. Thayer, K. A. Langeland, W.T. Haller, and J.C. Joyce.