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Scientific Name: | Myrica gale |
Common Name: | bog myrtle, sweet gale |
Family Name: | Myricaceae |
Origin: | Canada - eastern, Europe, U.S. - northeast |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Round |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Medicinal plant, Native planting, Reclamation, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs |
Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Oblanceolate, Serrate |
Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Brown, Mar-Apr |
Fruit: | Drupe, Yellow, Green-yellow, Brown, Sep, (Persistent) |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, 2-5cm long x 1-1.5cm wide, margin toothed towards the apex; male and female catkins on separate plants appear before the leaves, Mar-Apr. |