Lindera subcoriacea
J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 325. 1983.
Shrubs, 2 m (to 4 m when shaded). Young twigs pubescent, glabrescent with age. Leaves horizontal to mostly ascending, faintly aromatic (piny lemon) when young, becoming essentially odorless with age; petiole 3-10 mm, pubescent. Leaf-blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 4-8 × 2-4 cm, somewhat leathery, base cuneate, margins ciliate when young, apex obtuse to rounded; surfaces abaxially pubescent, adaxially pubescent when young, becoming glabrous with age. Drupe ellipsoid, ca. 10 mm; pedicels of previous season not persistent on stem, slender, to 4 mm, apex not conspicuously enlarged.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Evergreen-shrub bogs, acidic swamps of blackwater swamp forests, acidic seepage bogs, Gulf and Atlantic coastal plains and adjacent Piedmont
Elevation: 0-200 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Lindera subcoriacea was described originally from Mississippi and Louisiana. R. D. McCartney et al. (1989) reported it from the other sites.
Selected References
None.