PLANTS Profile for Lyonia lucida (fetterbush lyonia)

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Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch
fetterbush lyonia

Symbol:

LYLU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

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Synonyms:
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

	DELU2	Desmothamnus lucidus (Lam.) Small
	NENI2	Neopieris nitida (W. Bartram ex Marshall) Britton

Distribution:
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 7 species in Lyonia

Classification:
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Lyonia Nutt. – staggerbush
Species	Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch – fetterbush lyonia

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23563.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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