Symplocos tinctoria
common sweetleaf, sweetleaf, horsesugar, yellowwood, horse sugar, sweet leaf, horse-sugar, yellow-wood
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
With permission of LDWF Natural Heritage Program
With permission of LDWF Natural Heritage Program
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey.jpg&size=w)
Photo credit: Kelby Ouchley, Bayou-Diversity
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Photo credit: Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey
Family
Symplocaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
entire, crenate, serrate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
elliptic, oblanceolate, obovate
Growth Form
shrub, tree
Flower Color
yellow
Flower Petals
5
Flower Month
February - September
Height (meters)
6.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Leaf Retention
Semi-evergreen
Wetland Class
FAC
Field Characters
Leaf has a sweet taste when chewed.
Habitat
Sandy thickets, upland or alluvial woods, stream margins and banks, swamps, bottomlands.