| swamp tupelo Nyssa biflora Cornaceae |
Leaves are simple, alternate and deciduous, thick, similar to Nyssa sylvatica but narrower and more oblanceolate, from 1 to 3 inches in length, with an occasional large tooth or two on the margin. Bark is gray-brown and grooved rather than blocky. Fruit is about 0.5 inches in length, a blue-black drupe with a longitudinally ridged stone (stone of Nyssa sylvatica less prominently ridged). Swamp tupelo is found on intermittently flooded sites in the southeastern U.S. This species is also grouped in Nyssaceae.
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