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Myrica californica (California bayberry, California wax myrtle or Pacific wax myrtle; syn. Gale californica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Greene, Morella californica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Wilbur) is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the Pacific Ocean coast of North America from Vancouver Island south to California as far south as the Long Beac
Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub, [3] reaching up to 14 metres (46 ft) tall. [4] It is adaptable to many habitats, growing naturally in wetlands, near rivers and streams, sand dunes, fields, hillsides, pine barrens, and in both coniferous and mixed-broadleaf forests.
Some botanists split the genus into two genera on the basis of the catkin and fruit structure, restricting Myrica to a few species, and treating the others in Morella. [4] Common names include bayberry, bay-rum tree, candleberry, sweet gale, and wax-myrtle. The generic name was derived from the Greek word μυρίκη (myrike), meaning ...
Myrica — a genus in the family Myricaceae, with some species reclassified in the Morella genus. The main article for this category is Myrica . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Myrica .
Gale californica, a synonym for Myrica californica, the California bayberry, California wax myrtle or Pacific wax myrtle, an evergreen shrub or small tree species native to the Pacific Ocean coast of North America from Vancouver Island south to California
Myliobatis californica, the bat ray, a fish species found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, between the Oregon coast and the Gulf of California; Myrica californica, the California bayberry, California wax myrtle or Pacific wax, an evergreen shrub or small tree species native to the Pacific Ocean coast from Vancouver Island south to California
M. caroliniensis has several synonyms aside from the Myrica/Morella and M. pensylvanica splits: Myrica heterophylla, Cerothamnus caroliniensis, and Myrica heterophylla var. curtissii. M. caroliniensis is similar to wax myrtle, M. cerifera. These plants' leaves and scent distinguish them: wax myrtle leaves have scent glands on both sides and are ...
Myrica rubra is an evergreen tree that grows to a height of up to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) high, with smooth gray bark and a uniform spherical to hemispherical crown. Leaves are leathery, bare, elliptic-obovate to oval lanceolate in shape, wedge-shaped at the base and rounded to pointed or tapered at the apex, margin is serrated or serrated in the upper half, with a length of 5–14 cm (2.0–5. ...