PLANTS Profile for Nyssa aquatica (water tupelo)

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PLANTS Profile

Nyssa aquatica L.
water tupelo

Symbol:

NYAQ2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cornaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Nyssa aquatica L.

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Synonyms:
Nyssa aquatica L.

NYUN

Nyssa uniflora Wangenh.

Distribution:
Nyssa aquatica L.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Nyssa aquatica L.

View 4 genera in Cornaceae, 5 species in Nyssa

Classification:
Nyssa aquatica L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Cornales
Family	Cornaceae – Dogwood family
Genus	Nyssa L. – tupelo
Species	Nyssa aquatica L. – water tupelo

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nyssa aquatica L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Nyssa aquatica L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account 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 27824.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Nyssa aquatica L.

USDA Forest Service-Silvics of North America

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