Spicebush Scientific Name: Lindera benzoin
Description: A spicy-scented shrub. Leaves elliptic, not toothed, hairless or nearly so. Stalked flower buds may flank stalkless 2-3 scaled leaf buds. Leaves 2-6" Height to 12'. Flowers yellow.
Habitat: Wooded bottomlands.
Range: Southwest Maine, south Ontario, south Michigan, Iowa, and southeast Kansas to Florida and Texas.
Type: Shrub Source:A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George Petrides
Photograph: The Dow Gardens Archives, Dow Gardens from www.forestryimages.org. |
