Spicebush
Scientific Name:Lindera benzoin


NOTES: Polygamo-dioecious: mostly dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants) but with either a few flowers of the opposite sex or a few bisexual flowers on the same plant. Thin flesh of berries is edible, but seeds are mildly toxic. Aromatic foliage is sole larval food source for Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies.

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Spicebush
Genus species: Lindera benzoin
Common Name: Spicebush
Family Name: Lauraceae  
Aromatic, deciduous shrubs and trees; buds scaly; leaves alternate, simple, entire or lobed; flowers unisexual (plants dioecious), regular, yellowish, in panicles or umbels; fruit a drupe.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Shrub
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Backyard Habitat
Nature Playscape
Polinator Garden
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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