PLANTS Profile for Ocotea floribunda (laurel espada)

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Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez
laurel espada

Symbol:

OCFL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lauraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

PR		N
VI		N

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Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez

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Distribution:
Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 9 species in Ocotea

Classification:
Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Ocotea Aubl. – sweetwood
Species	Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez – laurel espada

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18192.

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