The bayberry or Myrica cerifera is small tree native to North America and used in candlemaking and for medicinal purposes.

Bayberry

The bayberry or Myrica cerifera is small tree native to North America and used in candlemaking and for…

Bayberry is the common name of <i>myrica carolinensis</i>. The shrub grows two to eight feet tall. The shrub blooms in March and April. It is native from Nova Scotia to Florida and Alabama.

Bayberry

Bayberry is the common name of myrica carolinensis. The shrub grows two to eight feet tall. The shrub…

Myrica is a genus of about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. The genus has a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and missing only from Australasia. 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.

Myrica

Myrica is a genus of about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales.…