Botany of the Carolinas Coastal Plain, Part 5: Baying at the Dune, Fort Macon State Park, North Carolina USA

Detail of the midsection of a fine Swamp Bay (Persea palustris) specimen growing in sandy soil next to the parking lot.

A close relative of the Avocado (P. americana), it's a member of the Lauraceae (Laurel Family) and one of the Carolinas' characteristic barrier-island tree species. As its name suggests, it's often a wetland associate, though here and elsewhere it seems to tolerate sandy soil near coastal dunes as well.

And like another relative, the Old World's true Laurel or Bay Tree (Laurus nobilis), Swamp Bay has simple, entire-margined, and delightfully aromatic leaves.

This image nicely shows the plant's mature bark, on the largest trunk visible here.

The other photos and descriptions of this series can be found in my Botany of the Carolinas Coastal Plain album.

Taken in: United States / North Carolina / Beaufort Township / Beaufort (show map)

Taken on: July 28, 2003

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