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LAUREL FAMILY
(LAURACEAE)
 
Bird food Butterfly larval food:  Spicebush Swallowtail Wildlife food
  • Persea foliage:  deer
Wildlife shelter
 
 
name
 
area
flower
& fruit
 
season
 
other

Spice bush
  Lindera benzoin
Nyellow
red
W
F
s
Lancewood
  Nectandra coriacea
Swhite
dark blue
SpSuFW
FW
s/t
Redbay
  Persea borbonia
NCSyellowish
blue-black
SpSuF
SuF
s/t
Silk bay
  Persea humilis
Cyellowish
purplish black
Sp
F
t
Swamp bay
  Persea palustris
NCSyellowishSps/t
Sassafras
  Sassafras albidum
NCgreen-yellow
blue
Sp
SpSuF
s/t
Codes: N=north
C=central
S=south
Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter
a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine
i=invasive
 
ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans

 
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